#BF596B#BF596B

#BF596B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.132 H 11.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF596B
RGB	rgb(191, 89, 107)
HSL	hsl(349, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(349, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.4%, 44%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.02, 42.68, 9.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.02, 43.75, 12.73°)
OKLab	oklab(59.43% 0.1294 0.025)
OKLCH	oklch(59.43% 0.132 11)
XYZ	xyz(27.7139, 19.2856, 16.1701)
Luminance	0.1928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF596B #59BFAD

analogous

#BF599E #BF596B #BF7A59

triadic

#BF596B #6BBF59 #596BBF

tetradic

#BF596B #9EBF59 #59BFAD #7A59BF

square

#BF596B #9EBF59 #59BFAD #7A59BF

split-complementary

#BF596B #59BF7A #599EBF

monochromatic

#722C38 #9E3D4E #BF596B #D08592 #E1B1BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.32

#BF596B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.86

#BF596B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF596B

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF596B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF596B	1.00	4.32	4.86	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6D6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878169

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE4D60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf596b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 89, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.132 11.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68b95',
    500: '#bf596b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf596b;
$custom-light: #d68b95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf596b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.412,
    "s": 44.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59434,
    "c": 0.13176,
    "h": 11
  },
  "luminance": 0.19283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF596B

secondary

#A4CFC8

accent

#D4BD54

background

#FDF8F9

surface

#FBF0F1

border

#D4CBCB

text

#150C0D

muted

#837D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF596B

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

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