#BF5B5B#BF5B5B

#BF5B5B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.129 H 21.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF5B5B
RGB	rgb(191, 91, 91)
HSL	hsl(0, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(0, 52%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.4%, 52.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.06, 40.13, 19.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.06, 44.48, 25.58°)
OKLab	oklab(59.35% 0.1199 0.0478)
OKLCH	oklch(59.35% 0.129 21.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.1173, 19.3169, 12.1960)
Luminance	0.1931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF5B5B #5BBFBF

analogous

#BF5B8D #BF5B5B #BF8D5B

triadic

#BF5B5B #5BBF5B #5B5BBF

tetradic

#BF5B5B #8DBF5B #5BBFBF #8D5BBF

square

#BF5B5B #8DBF5B #5BBFBF #8D5BBF

split-complementary

#BF5B5B #5BBF8D #5B8DBF

monochromatic

#732D2D #9F3E3E #BF5B5B #D08787 #E1B3B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.32

#BF5B5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.86

#BF5B5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF5B5B

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF5B5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF5B5B	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)

#726D5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8159

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D04C5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf5b5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 91, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.129 21.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78c89',
    500: '#bf5b5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf5b5b;
$custom-light: #d78c89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf5b5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 43.86,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59346,
    "c": 0.12905,
    "h": 21.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF5B5B

secondary

#A6D0D0

accent

#D4D454

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0F0

border

#D4CBCB

text

#150C0B

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF5B5B

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

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