#BF596D#BF596D

#BF596D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.132 H 9.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF596D
RGB	rgb(191, 89, 109)
HSL	hsl(348, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(348, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.4%, 42.9%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.07, 42.89, 8.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.07, 43.73, 11.23°)
OKLab	oklab(59.49% 0.1301 0.0223)
OKLCH	oklch(59.49% 0.132 9.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.8203, 19.3282, 16.7306)
Luminance	0.1933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF596D #59BFAB

analogous

#BF59A0 #BF596D #BF7859

triadic

#BF596D #6DBF59 #596DBF

tetradic

#BF596D #A0BF59 #59BFAB #7859BF

square

#BF596D #A0BF59 #59BFAB #7859BF

split-complementary

#BF596D #59BF78 #59A0BF

monochromatic

#722C3A #9E3D50 #BF596D #D08594 #E1B1BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.32

#BF596D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.87

#BF596D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF596D

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF596D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF596D	1.00	4.32	4.87	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6D6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87816B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE4D60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf596d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 89, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.132 9.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68b96',
    500: '#bf596d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf596d;
$custom-light: #d68b96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf596d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.235,
    "s": 44.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59487,
    "c": 0.13202,
    "h": 9.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF596D

secondary

#A4CFC7

accent

#D4BB54

background

#FDF8F9

surface

#FBF0F2

border

#D4CBCC

text

#150C0D

muted

#837D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF596D

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

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