#BF4953#BF4953

#BF4953 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.152 H 18.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF4953
RGB	rgb(191, 73, 83)
HSL	hsl(355, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(355, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.8%, 56.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.58, 48.12, 19.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.58, 51.86, 21.88°)
OKLab	oklab(56.68% 0.1439 0.0477)
OKLCH	oklch(56.68% 0.152 18.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.4320, 16.4692, 10.0216)
Luminance	0.1647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF4953 #49BFB5

analogous

#BF498E #BF4953 #BF7A49

triadic

#BF4953 #53BF49 #4953BF

tetradic

#BF4953 #8EBF49 #49BFB5 #7A49BF

square

#BF4953 #8EBF49 #49BFB5 #7A49BF

split-complementary

#BF4953 #49BF7A #498EBF

monochromatic

#69252B #96353D #BF4953 #CF767E #DFA4A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#BF4953 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#BF4953 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BF4953

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF4953	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BF4953	1.00	4.89	4.29	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#666153

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847A50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0344D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf4953;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 73, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.152 18.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88183',
    500: '#bf4953',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf4953;
$custom-light: #d88183;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf4953",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.915,
    "s": 47.967,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56676,
    "c": 0.15159,
    "h": 18.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF4953

secondary

#98CCC7

accent

#D8CC50

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FCEFEF

border

#D5CACA

text

#160B0A

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF4953

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

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