#BF5960#BF5960

#BF5960 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.131 H 17.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF5960
RGB	rgb(191, 89, 96)
HSL	hsl(356, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(356, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.4%, 49.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.77, 41.59, 15.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.77, 44.50, 20.86°)
OKLab	oklab(59.16% 0.125 0.04)
OKLCH	oklch(59.16% 0.131 17.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.1715, 19.0687, 13.3138)
Luminance	0.1907 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF5960 #59BFB8

analogous

#BF5993 #BF5960 #BF8559

triadic

#BF5960 #60BF59 #5960BF

tetradic

#BF5960 #93BF59 #59BFB8 #8559BF

square

#BF5960 #93BF59 #59BFB8 #8559BF

split-complementary

#BF5960 #59BF85 #5993BF

monochromatic

#722C31 #9E3D44 #BF5960 #D0858A #E1B1B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#BF5960 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.81

#BF5960 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF5960

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF5960	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF5960	1.00	4.36	4.81	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706C60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89815E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF4A5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf5960;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 89, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.131 17.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78b8d',
    500: '#bf5960',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf5960;
$custom-light: #d78b8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf5960",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.882,
    "s": 44.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59161,
    "c": 0.13126,
    "h": 17.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF5960

secondary

#A4CFCC

accent

#D4CB54

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0F0

border

#D4CBCB

text

#150C0C

muted

#837D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF5960

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

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