#BF5F56#BF5F56

#BF5F56 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.125 H 27.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF5F56
RGB	rgb(191, 95, 86)
HSL	hsl(5, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(5, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.3%, 55%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.76, 37.65, 23.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.76, 44.16, 31.52°)
OKLab	oklab(59.85% 0.1115 0.0567)
OKLCH	oklch(59.85% 0.125 27)
XYZ	xyz(27.2599, 19.9357, 11.2147)
Luminance	0.1993 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF5F56 #56B6BF

analogous

#BF5682 #BF5F56 #BF9456

triadic

#BF5F56 #56BF5F #5F56BF

tetradic

#BF5F56 #82BF56 #56B6BF #9456BF

square

#BF5F56 #82BF56 #56B6BF #9456BF

split-complementary

#BF5F56 #56BF94 #5682BF

monochromatic

#70302A #9D443B #BF5F56 #D08982 #E1B3AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.21

#BF5F56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.99

#BF5F56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF5F56

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF5F56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF5F56	1.00	4.21	4.99	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#766F55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8354

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0505D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf5f56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 95, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.125 27.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78f85',
    500: '#bf5f56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf5f56;
$custom-light: #d78f85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf5f56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.143,
    "s": 45.064,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59852,
    "c": 0.12506,
    "h": 27
  },
  "luminance": 0.19933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF5F56

secondary

#A2CBCF

accent

#CAD553

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150C0B

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF5F56

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

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