#BF5F57#BF5F57

#BF5F57 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.125 H 26.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF5F57
RGB	rgb(191, 95, 87)
HSL	hsl(5, 45%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(5, 54%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.3%, 54.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.78, 37.73, 22.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.78, 43.94, 30.84°)
OKLab	oklab(59.87% 0.1119 0.0554)
OKLCH	oklch(59.87% 0.125 26.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.3004, 19.9519, 11.4284)
Luminance	0.1995 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF5F57 #57B7BF

analogous

#BF5783 #BF5F57 #BF9357

triadic

#BF5F57 #57BF5F #5F57BF

tetradic

#BF5F57 #83BF57 #57B7BF #9357BF

square

#BF5F57 #83BF57 #57B7BF #9357BF

split-complementary

#BF5F57 #57BF93 #5783BF

monochromatic

#71302B #9D433C #BF5F57 #D08983 #E1B3B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.21

#BF5F57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.99

#BF5F57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF5F57

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF5F57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF5F57	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)

#766F56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8355

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0505D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf5f57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 95, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.125 26.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78f86',
    500: '#bf5f57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf5f57;
$custom-light: #d78f86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf5f57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.615,
    "s": 44.828,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59872,
    "c": 0.12486,
    "h": 26.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF5F57

secondary

#A3CCCF

accent

#CBD553

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150C0B

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF5F57

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

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