#BF5B59#BF5B59

#BF5B59 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.129 H 22.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF5B59
RGB	rgb(191, 91, 89)
HSL	hsl(1, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(1, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.4%, 53.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.02, 39.95, 20.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.02, 44.83, 26.97°)
OKLab	oklab(59.3% 0.1191 0.0504)
OKLCH	oklch(59.3% 0.129 22.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.0322, 19.2829, 11.7476)
Luminance	0.1928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF5B59 #59BDBF

analogous

#BF598A #BF5B59 #BF8E59

triadic

#BF5B59 #59BF5B #5B59BF

tetradic

#BF5B59 #8ABF59 #59BDBF #8E59BF

square

#BF5B59 #8ABF59 #59BDBF #8E59BF

split-complementary

#BF5B59 #59BF8E #598ABF

monochromatic

#722D2C #9E3F3D #BF5B59 #D08785 #E1B2B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.32

#BF5B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.86

#BF5B59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF5B59

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF5B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF5B59	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)

#726D58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8157

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D04B5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf5b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 91, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.129 22.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78c88',
    500: '#bf5b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf5b59;
$custom-light: #d78c88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf5b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.176,
    "s": 44.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59303,
    "c": 0.12929,
    "h": 22.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF5B59

secondary

#A4CFCF

accent

#D2D454

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150C0B

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF5B59

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

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