#BF6959#BF6959

#BF6959 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.113 H 31.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF6959
RGB	rgb(191, 105, 89)
HSL	hsl(9, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(9, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45%, 53.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.92, 32.64, 24.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.92, 40.63, 36.53°)
OKLab	oklab(61.52% 0.0964 0.0594)
OKLCH	oklch(61.52% 0.113 31.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.3426, 21.9037, 12.1845)
Luminance	0.2190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF6959 #59AFBF

analogous

#BF597C #BF6959 #BF9C59

triadic

#BF6959 #59BF69 #6959BF

tetradic

#BF6959 #7CBF59 #59AFBF #9C59BF

square

#BF6959 #7CBF59 #59AFBF #9C59BF

split-complementary

#BF6959 #59BF9C #597CBF

monochromatic

#72372C #9E4C3D #BF6959 #D09185 #E1B9B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#BF6959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#BF6959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF6959

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF6959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF6959	1.00	3.90	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E7657

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938858

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF5B65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf6959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 105, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.113 31.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d69588',
    500: '#bf6959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf6959;
$custom-light: #d69588;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf6959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.412,
    "s": 44.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61516,
    "c": 0.11325,
    "h": 31.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF6959

secondary

#A4C9CF

accent

#C0D454

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FBF2EF

border

#D4CCCA

text

#150D0B

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF6959

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

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