#BF4A50#BF4A50

#BF4A50 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.151 H 20.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF4A50
RGB	rgb(191, 74, 80)
HSL	hsl(357, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(357, 61%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.3%, 58.1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.70, 47.44, 21.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.70, 52.00, 24.16°)
OKLab	oklab(56.74% 0.1412 0.0521)
OKLCH	oklch(56.74% 0.151 20.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.3849, 16.5564, 9.4468)
Luminance	0.1655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF4A50 #4ABFB9

analogous

#BF4A8B #BF4A50 #BF7F4A

triadic

#BF4A50 #50BF4A #4A50BF

tetradic

#BF4A50 #8BBF4A #4ABFB9 #7F4ABF

square

#BF4A50 #8BBF4A #4ABFB9 #7F4ABF

split-complementary

#BF4A50 #4ABF7F #4A8BBF

monochromatic

#692529 #97353A #BF4A50 #CF777C #DFA4A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#BF4A50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#BF4A50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BF4A50

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF4A50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BF4A50	1.00	4.87	4.31	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#67624F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847A4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1344D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf4a50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 74, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.151 20.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88281',
    500: '#bf4a50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf4a50;
$custom-light: #d88281;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf4a50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.923,
    "s": 47.755,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56742,
    "c": 0.15056,
    "h": 20.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF4A50

secondary

#99CCC9

accent

#D7D050

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFEE

border

#D5CAC9

text

#160B0A

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF4A50

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

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