#BF4E48#BF4E48

#BF4E48 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.147 H 25.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF4E48
RGB	rgb(191, 78, 72)
HSL	hsl(3, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(3, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.2%, 62.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.26, 45.02, 26.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.26, 52.37, 30.73°)
OKLab	oklab(57.12% 0.1323 0.064)
OKLCH	oklch(57.12% 0.147 25.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.3823, 16.9963, 8.0736)
Luminance	0.1699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF4E48 #48B9BF

analogous

#BF487E #BF4E48 #BF8A48

triadic

#BF4E48 #48BF4E #4E48BF

tetradic

#BF4E48 #7EBF48 #48B9BF #8A48BF

square

#BF4E48 #7EBF48 #48B9BF #8A48BF

split-complementary

#BF4E48 #48BF8A #487EBF

monochromatic

#682824 #963934 #BF4E48 #CF7A75 #DFA6A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.77

#BF4E48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.40

#BF4E48 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BF4E48

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF4E48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BF4E48	1.00	4.77	4.40	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6347

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877C45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1384D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf4e48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 78, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.147 25.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8847b',
    500: '#bf4e48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf4e48;
$custom-light: #d8847b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf4e48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.025,
    "s": 48.178,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57117,
    "c": 0.14693,
    "h": 25.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF4E48

secondary

#97C9CC

accent

#D1D850

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF4E48

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

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