#BF4C42#BF4C42

#BF4C42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.150 H 27.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF4C42
RGB	rgb(191, 76, 66)
HSL	hsl(5, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(5, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.2%, 65.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.81, 45.57, 29.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.81, 54.41, 33.10°)
OKLab	oklab(56.75% 0.1329 0.07)
OKLCH	oklch(56.75% 0.15 27.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.0561, 16.6419, 7.0460)
Luminance	0.1664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF4C42 #42B5BF

analogous

#BF4276 #BF4C42 #BF8A42

triadic

#BF4C42 #42BF4C #4C42BF

tetradic

#BF4C42 #76BF42 #42B5BF #8A42BF

square

#BF4C42 #76BF42 #42B5BF #8A42BF

split-complementary

#BF4C42 #42BF8A #4276BF

monochromatic

#652722 #923932 #BF4C42 #CE7770 #DEA39D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.85

#BF4C42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33

#BF4C42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BF4C42

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF4C42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BF4C42	1.00	4.85	4.33	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6240

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877B3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1344A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf4c42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 76, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.150 27.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d98376',
    500: '#bf4c42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf4c42;
$custom-light: #d98376;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf4c42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.8,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56747,
    "c": 0.15018,
    "h": 27.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF4C42

secondary

#93C6CA

accent

#CED94F

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF4C42

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

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