#BF5959#BF5959

#BF5959 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.132 H 21.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF5959
RGB	rgb(191, 89, 89)
HSL	hsl(0, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(0, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.4%, 53.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.62, 40.96, 19.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.62, 45.50, 25.81°)
OKLab	oklab(59.01% 0.1222 0.0492)
OKLCH	oklch(59.01% 0.132 21.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.8635, 18.9455, 11.6914)
Luminance	0.1894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF5959 #59BFBF

analogous

#BF598C #BF5959 #BF8C59

triadic

#BF5959 #59BF59 #5959BF

tetradic

#BF5959 #8CBF59 #59BFBF #8C59BF

square

#BF5959 #8CBF59 #59BFBF #8C59BF

split-complementary

#BF5959 #59BF8C #598CBF

monochromatic

#722C2C #9E3D3D #BF5959 #D08585 #E1B1B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#BF5959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#BF5959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF5959

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF5959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF5959	1.00	4.39	4.79	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716B58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8157

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0495A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf5959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 89, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.132 21.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78b87',
    500: '#bf5959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf5959;
$custom-light: #d78b87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf5959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 44.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59005,
    "c": 0.13173,
    "h": 21.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF5959

secondary

#A4CFCF

accent

#D4D454

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150C0B

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF5959

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

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