#BF4A42#BF4A42

#BF4A42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.152 H 26.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF4A42
RGB	rgb(191, 74, 66)
HSL	hsl(4, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(4, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.3%, 65.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.46, 46.50, 29.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.46, 54.95, 32.20°)
OKLab	oklab(56.48% 0.1358 0.069)
OKLCH	oklch(56.48% 0.152 26.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.9204, 16.3706, 7.0008)
Luminance	0.1637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF4A42 #42B7BF

analogous

#BF4278 #BF4A42 #BF8842

triadic

#BF4A42 #42BF4A #4A42BF

tetradic

#BF4A42 #78BF42 #42B7BF #8842BF

square

#BF4A42 #78BF42 #42B7BF #8842BF

split-complementary

#BF4A42 #42BF88 #4278BF

monochromatic

#652622 #923832 #BF4A42 #CE7670 #DEA29D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.91

#BF4A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.27

#BF4A42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BF4A42

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF4A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BF4A42	1.00	4.91	4.27	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#696140

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867A3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D13149

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf4a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 74, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.152 26.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d98176',
    500: '#bf4a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf4a42;
$custom-light: #d98176;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf4a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.84,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56484,
    "c": 0.1523,
    "h": 26.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF4A42

secondary

#93C7CA

accent

#D0D94F

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF4A42

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

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