#BF5E5E#BF5E5E

#BF5E5E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.125 H 21.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF5E5E
RGB	rgb(191, 94, 94)
HSL	hsl(0, 43%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(0, 51%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.8%, 50.8%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.72, 38.87, 18.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.72, 42.97, 25.24°)
OKLab	oklab(59.87% 0.1163 0.0459)
OKLCH	oklch(59.87% 0.125 21.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.5109, 19.8929, 12.9784)
Luminance	0.1989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF5E5E #5EBFBF

analogous

#BF5E8E #BF5E5E #BF8E5E

triadic

#BF5E5E #5EBF5E #5E5EBF

tetradic

#BF5E5E #8EBF5E #5EBFBF #8E5EBF

square

#BF5E5E #8EBF5E #5EBFBF #8E5EBF

split-complementary

#BF5E5E #5EBF8E #5E8EBF

monochromatic

#742E2E #A04040 #BF5E5E #D08A8A #E2B6B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#BF5E5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.98

#BF5E5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF5E5E

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF5E5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF5E5E	1.00	4.22	4.98	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746F5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C835C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF505F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf5e5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 94, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.125 21.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78e8b',
    500: '#bf5e5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf5e5e;
$custom-light: #d78e8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf5e5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 43.111,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59866,
    "c": 0.12502,
    "h": 21.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF5E5E

secondary

#A8D0D0

accent

#D3D355

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0F0

border

#D4CBCB

text

#150C0C

muted

#837D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF5E5E

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

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