#BF5B57#BF5B57

#BF5B57 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.130 H 24.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF5B57
RGB	rgb(191, 91, 87)
HSL	hsl(2, 45%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(2, 54%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.4%, 54.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.98, 39.78, 21.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.98, 45.20, 28.35°)
OKLab	oklab(59.26% 0.1183 0.053)
OKLCH	oklch(59.26% 0.13 24.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.9493, 19.2497, 11.3113)
Luminance	0.1925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF5B57 #57BBBF

analogous

#BF5787 #BF5B57 #BF8F57

triadic

#BF5B57 #57BF5B #5B57BF

tetradic

#BF5B57 #87BF57 #57BBBF #8F57BF

square

#BF5B57 #87BF57 #57BBBF #8F57BF

split-complementary

#BF5B57 #57BF8F #5787BF

monochromatic

#712E2B #9D403C #BF5B57 #D08683 #E1B2B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#BF5B57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.85

#BF5B57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF5B57

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF5B57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF5B57	1.00	4.33	4.85	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736C56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8155

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D04B5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf5b57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 91, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.130 24.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78c86',
    500: '#bf5b57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf5b57;
$custom-light: #d78c86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf5b57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.308,
    "s": 44.828,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59261,
    "c": 0.12957,
    "h": 24.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF5B57

secondary

#A3CDCF

accent

#D0D553

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150C0B

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF5B57

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

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