#BF4640#BF4640

#BF4640 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.157 H 26.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF4640
RGB	rgb(191, 70, 64)
HSL	hsl(3, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(3, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.4%, 66.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.75, 48.18, 29.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.75, 56.54, 31.56°)
OKLab	oklab(55.94% 0.1407 0.0694)
OKLCH	oklch(55.94% 0.157 26.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.6039, 15.8302, 6.6094)
Luminance	0.1583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF4640 #40B9BF

analogous

#BF4079 #BF4640 #BF8640

triadic

#BF4640 #40BF46 #4640BF

tetradic

#BF4640 #79BF40 #40B9BF #8640BF

square

#BF4640 #79BF40 #40B9BF #8640BF

split-complementary

#BF4640 #40BF86 #4079BF

monochromatic

#632421 #913531 #BF4640 #CE726E #DE9F9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.04

#BF4640 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#BF4640 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BF4640

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF4640	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BF4640	1.00	5.04	4.17	5.04
#FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#665E3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84793D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D12B46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf4640;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 70, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.157 26.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d97f75',
    500: '#bf4640',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf4640;
$custom-light: #d97f75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf4640",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 70,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.835,
    "s": 49.804,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55943,
    "c": 0.15687,
    "h": 26.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF4640

secondary

#91C7CA

accent

#D3D94E

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160A08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF4640

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

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