#BF5F59#BF5F59

#BF5F59 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.124 H 25.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF5F59
RGB	rgb(191, 95, 89)
HSL	hsl(4, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(4, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.3%, 53.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.82, 37.90, 21.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.82, 43.53, 29.45°)
OKLab	oklab(59.91% 0.1127 0.0529)
OKLCH	oklch(59.91% 0.125 25.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.3833, 19.9851, 11.8647)
Luminance	0.1998 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF5F59 #59B9BF

analogous

#BF5986 #BF5F59 #BF9259

triadic

#BF5F59 #59BF5F #5F59BF

tetradic

#BF5F59 #86BF59 #59B9BF #9259BF

square

#BF5F59 #86BF59 #59B9BF #9259BF

split-complementary

#BF5F59 #59BF92 #5986BF

monochromatic

#72302C #9E433D #BF5F59 #D08A85 #E1B4B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#BF5F59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.00

#BF5F59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF5F59

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF5F59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF5F59	1.00	4.20	5.00	5.00
#FFFFFF	4.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756F58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8357

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0505E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf5f59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 95, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.124 25.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78f88',
    500: '#bf5f59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf5f59;
$custom-light: #d78f88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf5f59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.529,
    "s": 44.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59913,
    "c": 0.1245,
    "h": 25.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF5F59

secondary

#A4CDCF

accent

#CDD454

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150C0B

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF5F59

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

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