#BF9596#BF9596

#BF9596 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.051 H 16.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9596
RGB	rgb(191, 149, 150)
HSL	hsl(359, 25%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(359, 22%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22%, 21.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.57, 15.89, 5.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.57, 16.82, 19.18°)
OKLab	oklab(70.93% 0.0485 0.0147)
OKLCH	oklch(70.93% 0.051 16.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.7386, 34.7749, 33.5726)
Luminance	0.3477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9596 #95BFBE

analogous

#BF95AB #BF9596 #BFA995

triadic

#BF9596 #96BF95 #9596BF

tetradic

#BF9596 #ABBF95 #95BFBE #A995BF

square

#BF9596 #ABBF95 #95BFBE #A995BF

split-complementary

#BF9596 #95BFA9 #95ABBF

monochromatic

#885253 #A86F70 #BF9596 #D6BBBC #EDE1E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#BF9596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#BF9596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9596

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9596	1.00	2.64	7.95	7.95
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9B96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A295

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 149, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.051 16.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b4b4',
    500: '#bf9596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9596;
$custom-light: #d3b4b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.571,
    "s": 24.706,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70926,
    "c": 0.05065,
    "h": 16.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9596

secondary

#D1DFDE

accent

#A3A142

background

#FDFBFB

surface

#FAF6F6

border

#D3D0D0

text

#141111

muted

#838080

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9596

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

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