#BF492B#BF492B

#BF492B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.158 H 35.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF492B
RGB	rgb(191, 73, 43)
HSL	hsl(12, 63%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(12, 77%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.8%, 77.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.00, 45.82, 41.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.00, 61.89, 42.24°)
OKLab	oklab(56.05% 0.1292 0.0914)
OKLCH	oklch(56.05% 0.158 35.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.3071, 16.0193, 4.0971)
Luminance	0.1602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF492B #2BA1BF

analogous

#BF2B57 #BF492B #BF932B

triadic

#BF492B #2BBF49 #492BBF

tetradic

#BF492B #57BF2B #2BA1BF #932BBF

square

#BF492B #57BF2B #2BA1BF #932BBF

split-complementary

#BF492B #2BBF93 #2B57BF

monochromatic

#5B2315 #8D3620 #BF492B #D86B50 #E39582

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.00

#BF492B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.20

#BF492B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BF492B

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF492B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BF492B	1.00	5.00	4.20	5.00
#FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A5F27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877927

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D22C43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf492b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 73, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.158 35.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da8066',
    500: '#bf492b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf492b;
$custom-light: #da8066;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf492b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.162,
    "s": 63.248,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56048,
    "c": 0.15827,
    "h": 35.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF492B

secondary

#7ABBCC

accent

#C5E642

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF492B

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

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