#BF5F53#BF5F53

#BF5F53 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.126 H 28.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF5F53
RGB	rgb(191, 95, 83)
HSL	hsl(7, 46%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(7, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.3%, 56.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.71, 37.40, 24.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.71, 44.85, 33.51°)
OKLab	oklab(59.79% 0.1103 0.0604)
OKLCH	oklch(59.79% 0.126 28.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.1415, 19.8884, 10.5914)
Luminance	0.1988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF5F53 #53B3BF

analogous

#BF537D #BF5F53 #BF9553

triadic

#BF5F53 #53BF5F #5F53BF

tetradic

#BF5F53 #7DBF53 #53B3BF #9553BF

square

#BF5F53 #7DBF53 #53B3BF #9553BF

split-complementary

#BF5F53 #53BF95 #537DBF

monochromatic

#6E3129 #9B453A #BF5F53 #D08880 #E0B2AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#BF5F53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.98

#BF5F53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF5F53

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF5F53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF5F53	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)

#766F52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8351

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D04F5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf5f53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 95, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.126 28.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78e83',
    500: '#bf5f53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf5f53;
$custom-light: #d78e83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf5f53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.667,
    "s": 45.763,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59794,
    "c": 0.12572,
    "h": 28.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF5F53

secondary

#A0C9CE

accent

#C7D552

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150C0A

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF5F53

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

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