#BF4840#BF4840

#BF4840 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.155 H 27.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF4840
RGB	rgb(191, 72, 64)
HSL	hsl(4, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(4, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.3%, 66.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.09, 47.29, 30.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.09, 56.00, 32.39°)
OKLab	oklab(56.19% 0.1379 0.0703)
OKLCH	oklch(56.19% 0.155 27)
XYZ	xyz(24.7311, 16.0846, 6.6518)
Luminance	0.1608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF4840 #40B7BF

analogous

#BF4077 #BF4840 #BF8840

triadic

#BF4840 #40BF48 #4840BF

tetradic

#BF4840 #77BF40 #40B7BF #8840BF

square

#BF4840 #77BF40 #40B7BF #8840BF

split-complementary

#BF4840 #40BF88 #4077BF

monochromatic

#632521 #913731 #BF4840 #CE746E #DEA09C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.98

#BF4840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#BF4840 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BF4840

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF4840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BF4840	1.00	4.98	4.22	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#685F3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85793D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D12E47

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf4840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 72, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.155 27.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d98075',
    500: '#bf4840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf4840;
$custom-light: #d98075;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf4840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.78,
    "s": 49.804,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56195,
    "c": 0.15478,
    "h": 27
  },
  "luminance": 0.16081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF4840

secondary

#91C6CA

accent

#D1D94E

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF4840

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

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