#BF596C#BF596C

#BF596C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.132 H 10.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF596C
RGB	rgb(191, 89, 108)
HSL	hsl(349, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(349, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.4%, 43.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.04, 42.78, 9.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.04, 43.73, 11.98°)
OKLab	oklab(59.46% 0.1297 0.0236)
OKLCH	oklch(59.46% 0.132 10.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.7668, 19.3068, 16.4487)
Luminance	0.1930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF596C #59BFAC

analogous

#BF599F #BF596C #BF7959

triadic

#BF596C #6CBF59 #596CBF

tetradic

#BF596C #9FBF59 #59BFAC #7959BF

square

#BF596C #9FBF59 #59BFAC #7959BF

split-complementary

#BF596C #59BF79 #599FBF

monochromatic

#722C39 #9E3D4F #BF596C #D08593 #E1B1BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.32

#BF596C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.86

#BF596C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF596C

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF596C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF596C	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)

#6D6D6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87816A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE4D60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf596c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 89, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.132 10.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68b96',
    500: '#bf596c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf596c;
$custom-light: #d68b96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf596c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.824,
    "s": 44.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59461,
    "c": 0.13188,
    "h": 10.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF596C

secondary

#A4CFC7

accent

#D4BC54

background

#FDF8F9

surface

#FBF0F1

border

#D4CBCB

text

#150C0D

muted

#837D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF596C

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

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