#BF596F#BF596F

#BF596F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.132 H 8.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF596F
RGB	rgb(191, 89, 111)
HSL	hsl(347, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(347, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.4%, 41.9%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.12, 43.10, 7.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.12, 43.73, 9.73°)
OKLab	oklab(59.54% 0.1309 0.0194)
OKLCH	oklch(59.54% 0.132 8.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.9292, 19.3717, 17.3041)
Luminance	0.1937 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF596F #59BFA9

analogous

#BF59A2 #BF596F #BF7659

triadic

#BF596F #6FBF59 #596FBF

tetradic

#BF596F #A2BF59 #59BFA9 #7659BF

square

#BF596F #A2BF59 #59BFA9 #7659BF

split-complementary

#BF596F #59BF76 #59A2BF

monochromatic

#722C3B #9E3D52 #BF596F #D08595 #E1B1BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.31

#BF596F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.87

#BF596F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF596F

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF596F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF596F	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)

#6D6D6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87816D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE4E61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf596f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 89, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.132 8.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68b98',
    500: '#bf596f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf596f;
$custom-light: #d68b98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf596f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.059,
    "s": 44.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59542,
    "c": 0.13234,
    "h": 8.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF596F

secondary

#A4CFC6

accent

#D4B854

background

#FDF8F9

surface

#FBF0F2

border

#D4CBCC

text

#150C0D

muted

#837D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF596F

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

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