#BF5E59#BF5E59

#BF5E59 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.126 H 24.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF5E59
RGB	rgb(191, 94, 89)
HSL	hsl(3, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(3, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.8%, 53.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.62, 38.42, 21.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.62, 43.85, 28.82°)
OKLab	oklab(59.76% 0.1143 0.0523)
OKLCH	oklch(59.76% 0.126 24.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.2938, 19.8061, 11.8348)
Luminance	0.1980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF5E59 #59BABF

analogous

#BF5987 #BF5E59 #BF9159

triadic

#BF5E59 #59BF5E #5E59BF

tetradic

#BF5E59 #87BF59 #59BABF #9159BF

square

#BF5E59 #87BF59 #59BABF #9159BF

split-complementary

#BF5E59 #59BF91 #5987BF

monochromatic

#722F2C #9E423D #BF5E59 #D08985 #E1B4B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#BF5E59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.96

#BF5E59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF5E59

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF5E59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF5E59	1.00	4.23	4.96	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756F58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8357

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D04F5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf5e59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 94, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.126 24.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78e88',
    500: '#bf5e59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf5e59;
$custom-light: #d78e88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf5e59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.941,
    "s": 44.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59758,
    "c": 0.12568,
    "h": 24.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF5E59

secondary

#A4CDCF

accent

#CED454

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150C0B

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF5E59

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

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