#BF4A45#BF4A45

#BF4A45 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.152 H 25.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF4A45
RGB	rgb(191, 74, 69)
HSL	hsl(2, 49%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(2, 64%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.3%, 63.9%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.50, 46.68, 27.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.50, 54.22, 30.58°)
OKLab	oklab(56.54% 0.1369 0.0656)
OKLCH	oklch(56.54% 0.152 25.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.0112, 16.4069, 7.4789)
Luminance	0.1640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF4A45 #45BABF

analogous

#BF457D #BF4A45 #BF8745

triadic

#BF4A45 #45BF4A #4A45BF

tetradic

#BF4A45 #7DBF45 #45BABF #8745BF

square

#BF4A45 #7DBF45 #45BABF #8745BF

split-complementary

#BF4A45 #45BF87 #457DBF

monochromatic

#662623 #943733 #BF4A45 #CF7673 #DEA3A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.91

#BF4A45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#BF4A45 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BF4A45

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF4A45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BF4A45	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)

#686144

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867A42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1324A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf4a45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 74, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.152 25.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d98179',
    500: '#bf4a45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf4a45;
$custom-light: #d98179;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf4a45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.459,
    "s": 48.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56535,
    "c": 0.1518,
    "h": 25.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF4A45

secondary

#95C9CB

accent

#D3D84F

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF4A45

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

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