#BF493D#BF493D

#BF493D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.154 H 28.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF493D
RGB	rgb(191, 73, 61)
HSL	hsl(6, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(6, 68%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.8%, 68.1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.21, 46.66, 31.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.21, 56.52, 34.35°)
OKLab	oklab(56.28% 0.1353 0.0741)
OKLCH	oklch(56.28% 0.154 28.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.7132, 16.1817, 6.2360)
Luminance	0.1618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF493D #3DB3BF

analogous

#BF3D72 #BF493D #BF8A3D

triadic

#BF493D #3DBF49 #493DBF

tetradic

#BF493D #72BF3D #3DB3BF #8A3DBF

square

#BF493D #72BF3D #3DB3BF #8A3DBF

split-complementary

#BF493D #3DBF8A #3D72BF

monochromatic

#62261F #91372E #BF493D #CF736A #DE9F98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.96

#BF493D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.24

#BF493D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BF493D

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF493D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BF493D	1.00	4.96	4.24	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#69603B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867A3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D12F47

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf493d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 73, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.154 28.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d98173',
    500: '#bf493d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf493d;
$custom-light: #d98173;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf493d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.538,
    "s": 51.587,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56276,
    "c": 0.15428,
    "h": 28.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF493D

secondary

#8EC4CA

accent

#CEDB4D

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF493D

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

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