#BF4B48#BF4B48

#BF4B48 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.150 H 24.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF4B48
RGB	rgb(191, 75, 72)
HSL	hsl(2, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(2, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.7%, 62.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.73, 46.42, 26.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.73, 53.25, 29.34°)
OKLab	oklab(56.72% 0.1367 0.0625)
OKLCH	oklch(56.72% 0.15 24.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.1740, 16.5797, 8.0042)
Luminance	0.1658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF4B48 #48BCBF

analogous

#BF4881 #BF4B48 #BF8748

triadic

#BF4B48 #48BF4B #4B48BF

tetradic

#BF4B48 #81BF48 #48BCBF #8748BF

square

#BF4B48 #81BF48 #48BCBF #8748BF

split-complementary

#BF4B48 #48BF87 #4881BF

monochromatic

#682624 #963734 #BF4B48 #CF7875 #DFA4A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#BF4B48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#BF4B48 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BF4B48

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF4B48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BF4B48	1.00	4.87	4.32	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#696247

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867A45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1344B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf4b48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 75, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.150 24.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9827b',
    500: '#bf4b48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf4b48;
$custom-light: #d9827b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf4b48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.513,
    "s": 48.178,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56718,
    "c": 0.15026,
    "h": 24.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF4B48

secondary

#97CACC

accent

#D4D850

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF4B48

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

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