#BF4950#BF4950

#BF4950 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.152 H 19.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF4950
RGB	rgb(191, 73, 80)
HSL	hsl(356, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(356, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.8%, 58.1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.53, 47.90, 21.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.53, 52.32, 23.73°)
OKLab	oklab(56.61% 0.1427 0.0516)
OKLCH	oklch(56.61% 0.152 19.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.3186, 16.4239, 9.4247)
Luminance	0.1642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF4950 #49BFB8

analogous

#BF498B #BF4950 #BF7D49

triadic

#BF4950 #50BF49 #4950BF

tetradic

#BF4950 #8BBF49 #49BFB8 #7D49BF

square

#BF4950 #8BBF49 #49BFB8 #7D49BF

split-complementary

#BF4950 #49BF7D #498BBF

monochromatic

#692529 #96353B #BF4950 #CF767C #DFA4A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.90

#BF4950 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#BF4950 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BF4950

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF4950	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BF4950	1.00	4.90	4.28	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#66614F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847A4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1334C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf4950;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 73, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.152 19.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88181',
    500: '#bf4950',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf4950;
$custom-light: #d88181;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf4950",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.441,
    "s": 47.967,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56614,
    "c": 0.15173,
    "h": 19.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF4950

secondary

#98CCC9

accent

#D8D050

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFEE

border

#D5CAC9

text

#160B0A

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF4950

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

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