#BF4A49#BF4A49

#BF4A49 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.151 H 23.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF4A49
RGB	rgb(191, 74, 73)
HSL	hsl(1, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(1, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.3%, 61.8%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.57, 46.95, 25.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.57, 53.33, 28.32°)
OKLab	oklab(56.61% 0.1385 0.0608)
OKLCH	oklch(56.61% 0.151 23.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.1396, 16.4583, 8.1550)
Luminance	0.1646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF4A49 #49BEBF

analogous

#BF4983 #BF4A49 #BF8549

triadic

#BF4A49 #49BF4A #4A49BF

tetradic

#BF4A49 #83BF49 #49BEBF #8549BF

square

#BF4A49 #83BF49 #49BEBF #8549BF

split-complementary

#BF4A49 #49BF85 #4983BF

monochromatic

#692525 #963635 #BF4A49 #CF7776 #DFA4A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#BF4A49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#BF4A49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BF4A49

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF4A49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BF4A49	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)

#686148

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857A46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1334B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf4a49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 74, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.151 23.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9817b',
    500: '#bf4a49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf4a49;
$custom-light: #d9817b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf4a49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.508,
    "s": 47.967,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56606,
    "c": 0.15124,
    "h": 23.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF4A49

secondary

#98CBCC

accent

#D6D850

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFEE

border

#D5CAC9

text

#160B09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF4A49

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

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