#BF494F#BF494F

#BF494F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.152 H 20.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF494F
RGB	rgb(191, 73, 79)
HSL	hsl(357, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(357, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.8%, 58.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.51, 47.82, 21.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.51, 52.49, 24.34°)
OKLab	oklab(56.59% 0.1423 0.0529)
OKLCH	oklch(56.59% 0.152 20.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.2820, 16.4093, 9.2316)
Luminance	0.1641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF494F #49BFB9

analogous

#BF498A #BF494F #BF7E49

triadic

#BF494F #4FBF49 #494FBF

tetradic

#BF494F #8ABF49 #49BFB9 #7E49BF

square

#BF494F #8ABF49 #49BFB9 #7E49BF

split-complementary

#BF494F #49BF7E #498ABF

monochromatic

#692528 #96353A #BF494F #CF767B #DFA4A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.91

#BF494F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#BF494F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BF494F

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF494F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BF494F	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)

#66614E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847A4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1334C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf494f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 73, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.152 20.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88180',
    500: '#bf494f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf494f;
$custom-light: #d88180;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf494f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.949,
    "s": 47.967,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56593,
    "c": 0.15179,
    "h": 20.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF494F

secondary

#98CCC9

accent

#D8D150

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFEE

border

#D5CAC9

text

#160B0A

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF494F

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

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