#BF5955#BF5955

#BF5955 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.132 H 24.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF5955
RGB	rgb(191, 89, 85)
HSL	hsl(2, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(2, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.4%, 55.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.55, 40.62, 22.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.55, 46.23, 28.51°)
OKLab	oklab(58.92% 0.1206 0.0543)
OKLCH	oklch(58.92% 0.132 24.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.7001, 18.8801, 10.8307)
Luminance	0.1888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF5955 #55BBBF

analogous

#BF5586 #BF5955 #BF8E55

triadic

#BF5955 #55BF59 #5955BF

tetradic

#BF5955 #86BF55 #55BBBF #8E55BF

square

#BF5955 #86BF55 #55BBBF #8E55BF

split-complementary

#BF5955 #55BF8E #5586BF

monochromatic

#702D2A #9C3E3B #BF5955 #D08481 #E0B0AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40

#BF5955 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.78

#BF5955 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF5955

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF5955	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF5955	1.00	4.40	4.78	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716B54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8053

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D04859

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf5955;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 89, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.132 24.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78b85',
    500: '#bf5955',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf5955;
$custom-light: #d78b85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf5955",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.264,
    "s": 45.299,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58922,
    "c": 0.13224,
    "h": 24.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF5955

secondary

#A1CDCE

accent

#D0D553

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150C0B

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF5955

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

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