#BF4A40#BF4A40

#BF4A40 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.153 H 27.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF4A40
RGB	rgb(191, 74, 64)
HSL	hsl(5, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(5, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.3%, 66.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.43, 46.38, 30.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.43, 55.46, 33.26°)
OKLab	oklab(56.45% 0.135 0.0713)
OKLCH	oklch(56.45% 0.153 27.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.8625, 16.3474, 6.6957)
Luminance	0.1634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF4A40 #40B5BF

analogous

#BF4076 #BF4A40 #BF8940

triadic

#BF4A40 #40BF4A #4A40BF

tetradic

#BF4A40 #76BF40 #40B5BF #8940BF

square

#BF4A40 #76BF40 #40B5BF #8940BF

split-complementary

#BF4A40 #40BF89 #4076BF

monochromatic

#632621 #913831 #BF4A40 #CE756E #DEA19C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.92

#BF4A40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.27

#BF4A40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BF4A40

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF4A40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BF4A40	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)

#69613E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867A3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D13148

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf4a40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 74, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.153 27.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d98175',
    500: '#bf4a40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf4a40;
$custom-light: #d98175;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf4a40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.724,
    "s": 49.804,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56452,
    "c": 0.15266,
    "h": 27.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF4A40

secondary

#91C5CA

accent

#CED94E

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF4A40

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

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