#BF494E#BF494E

#BF494E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.152 H 20.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF494E
RGB	rgb(191, 73, 78)
HSL	hsl(357, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(357, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.8%, 59.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.49, 47.75, 22.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.49, 52.66, 24.94°)
OKLab	oklab(56.57% 0.1419 0.0541)
OKLCH	oklch(56.57% 0.152 20.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.2459, 16.3948, 9.0413)
Luminance	0.1639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF494E #49BFBA

analogous

#BF4989 #BF494E #BF7F49

triadic

#BF494E #4EBF49 #494EBF

tetradic

#BF494E #89BF49 #49BFBA #7F49BF

square

#BF494E #89BF49 #49BFBA #7F49BF

split-complementary

#BF494E #49BF7F #4989BF

monochromatic

#692528 #963539 #BF494E #CF767A #DFA4A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.91

#BF494E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#BF494E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BF494E

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF494E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BF494E	1.00	4.91	4.28	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#66614D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847A4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1324C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf494e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 73, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.152 20.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8817f',
    500: '#bf494e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf494e;
$custom-light: #d8817f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf494e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.458,
    "s": 47.967,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56573,
    "c": 0.15186,
    "h": 20.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF494E

secondary

#98CCCA

accent

#D8D250

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFEE

border

#D5CAC9

text

#160B0A

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF494E

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

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