#BF494B#BF494B

#BF494B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.152 H 22.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF494B
RGB	rgb(191, 73, 75)
HSL	hsl(359, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(359, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.8%, 60.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.43, 47.54, 23.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.43, 53.22, 26.72°)
OKLab	oklab(56.52% 0.1407 0.0579)
OKLCH	oklch(56.52% 0.152 22.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.1407, 16.3528, 8.4878)
Luminance	0.1635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF494B #49BFBD

analogous

#BF4986 #BF494B #BF8249

triadic

#BF494B #4BBF49 #494BBF

tetradic

#BF494B #86BF49 #49BFBD #8249BF

square

#BF494B #86BF49 #49BFBD #8249BF

split-complementary

#BF494B #49BF82 #4986BF

monochromatic

#692526 #963536 #BF494B #CF7678 #DFA4A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.92

#BF494B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.27

#BF494B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BF494B

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF494B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BF494B	1.00	4.92	4.27	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#67614A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857A48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1324B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf494b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 73, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.152 22.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8817d',
    500: '#bf494b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf494b;
$custom-light: #d8817d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf494b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.983,
    "s": 47.967,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56515,
    "c": 0.15213,
    "h": 22.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF494B

secondary

#98CCCB

accent

#D8D550

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFEE

border

#D5CAC9

text

#160B09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF494B

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

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