#BF5F50#BF5F50

#BF5F50 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.126 H 30.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF5F50
RGB	rgb(191, 95, 80)
HSL	hsl(8, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(8, 58%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.3%, 58.1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.66, 37.16, 26.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.66, 45.61, 35.42°)
OKLab	oklab(59.74% 0.1091 0.064)
OKLCH	oklch(59.74% 0.126 30.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.0282, 19.8430, 9.9946)
Luminance	0.1984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF5F50 #50B0BF

analogous

#BF5078 #BF5F50 #BF9650

triadic

#BF5F50 #50BF5F #5F50BF

tetradic

#BF5F50 #78BF50 #50B0BF #9650BF

square

#BF5F50 #78BF50 #50B0BF #9650BF

split-complementary

#BF5F50 #50BF96 #5078BF

monochromatic

#6D3128 #9A4538 #BF5F50 #CF887D #E0B1AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#BF5F50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.97

#BF5F50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF5F50

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF5F50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF5F50	1.00	4.23	4.97	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#776F4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E834E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D04F5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf5f50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 95, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.126 30.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78e81',
    500: '#bf5f50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf5f50;
$custom-light: #d78e81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf5f50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.108,
    "s": 46.444,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59738,
    "c": 0.12647,
    "h": 30.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF5F50

secondary

#9DC7CD

accent

#C4D652

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0EE

border

#D4CBC9

text

#150C0A

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF5F50

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

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