#BF4D42#BF4D42

#BF4D42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.149 H 28.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF4D42
RGB	rgb(191, 77, 66)
HSL	hsl(5, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(5, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.7%, 65.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.98, 45.11, 29.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.98, 54.13, 33.57°)
OKLab	oklab(56.88% 0.1314 0.0705)
OKLCH	oklch(56.88% 0.149 28.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.1255, 16.7808, 7.0691)
Luminance	0.1678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF4D42 #42B4BF

analogous

#BF4275 #BF4D42 #BF8B42

triadic

#BF4D42 #42BF4D #4D42BF

tetradic

#BF4D42 #75BF42 #42B4BF #8B42BF

square

#BF4D42 #75BF42 #42B4BF #8B42BF

split-complementary

#BF4D42 #42BF8B #4275BF

monochromatic

#652822 #923A32 #BF4D42 #CE7870 #DEA39D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#BF4D42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#BF4D42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BF4D42

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF4D42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BF4D42	1.00	4.82	4.36	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6240

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877B3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1364B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf4d42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 77, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.149 28.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d98376',
    500: '#bf4d42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf4d42;
$custom-light: #d98376;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf4d42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.28,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5688,
    "c": 0.1491,
    "h": 28.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF4D42

secondary

#93C5CA

accent

#CDD94F

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF4D42

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

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