#BF596E#BF596E

#BF596E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.132 H 9.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF596E
RGB	rgb(191, 89, 110)
HSL	hsl(348, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(348, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.4%, 42.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.09, 43.00, 7.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.09, 43.73, 10.48°)
OKLab	oklab(59.51% 0.1305 0.0209)
OKLCH	oklch(59.51% 0.132 9.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.8744, 19.3498, 17.0158)
Luminance	0.1935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF596E #59BFAA

analogous

#BF59A1 #BF596E #BF7759

triadic

#BF596E #6EBF59 #596EBF

tetradic

#BF596E #A1BF59 #59BFAA #7759BF

square

#BF596E #A1BF59 #59BFAA #7759BF

split-complementary

#BF596E #59BF77 #59A1BF

monochromatic

#722C3A #9E3D51 #BF596E #D08595 #E1B1BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.31

#BF596E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.87

#BF596E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF596E

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF596E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF596E	1.00	4.31	4.87	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.31	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)

#6D6D6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87816C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE4D61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf596e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 89, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.132 9.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68b97',
    500: '#bf596e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf596e;
$custom-light: #d68b97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf596e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.647,
    "s": 44.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59514,
    "c": 0.13216,
    "h": 9.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF596E

secondary

#A4CFC7

accent

#D4BA54

background

#FDF8F9

surface

#FBF0F2

border

#D4CBCC

text

#150C0D

muted

#837D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF596E

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

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