#BF5953#BF5953

#BF5953 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.133 H 25.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF5953
RGB	rgb(191, 89, 83)
HSL	hsl(3, 46%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(3, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.4%, 56.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.51, 40.46, 23.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.51, 46.64, 29.83°)
OKLab	oklab(58.88% 0.1198 0.0568)
OKLCH	oklch(58.88% 0.133 25.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.6217, 18.8488, 10.4182)
Luminance	0.1885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF5953 #53B9BF

analogous

#BF5383 #BF5953 #BF8F53

triadic

#BF5953 #53BF59 #5953BF

tetradic

#BF5953 #83BF53 #53B9BF #8F53BF

square

#BF5953 #83BF53 #53B9BF #8F53BF

split-complementary

#BF5953 #53BF8F #5383BF

monochromatic

#6E2D29 #9B3F3A #BF5953 #D08480 #E0AFAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40

#BF5953 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.77

#BF5953 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF5953

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF5953	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF5953	1.00	4.40	4.77	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726B52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8051

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D04858

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf5953;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 89, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.133 25.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78b83',
    500: '#bf5953',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf5953;
$custom-light: #d78b83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf5953",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.333,
    "s": 45.763,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58882,
    "c": 0.13256,
    "h": 25.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF5953

secondary

#A0CBCE

accent

#CED552

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150C0A

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF5953

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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