#BF5E55#BF5E55

#BF5E55 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.126 H 27.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF5E55
RGB	rgb(191, 94, 85)
HSL	hsl(5, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(5, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.8%, 55.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.54, 38.08, 23.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.54, 44.68, 31.55°)
OKLab	oklab(59.68% 0.1127 0.0573)
OKLCH	oklch(59.68% 0.126 27)
XYZ	xyz(27.1304, 19.7407, 10.9742)
Luminance	0.1974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF5E55 #55B6BF

analogous

#BF5581 #BF5E55 #BF9355

triadic

#BF5E55 #55BF5E #5E55BF

tetradic

#BF5E55 #81BF55 #55B6BF #9355BF

square

#BF5E55 #81BF55 #55B6BF #9355BF

split-complementary

#BF5E55 #55BF93 #5581BF

monochromatic

#70302A #9C433B #BF5E55 #D08881 #E0B2AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#BF5E55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.95

#BF5E55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF5E55

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF5E55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF5E55	1.00	4.24	4.95	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756E54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8353

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D04E5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf5e55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 94, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.126 27.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78e85',
    500: '#bf5e55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf5e55;
$custom-light: #d78e85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf5e55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.094,
    "s": 45.299,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59678,
    "c": 0.12641,
    "h": 27
  },
  "luminance": 0.19738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF5E55

secondary

#A1CBCE

accent

#CAD553

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150C0B

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF5E55

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

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