#BF4E50#BF4E50

#BF4E50 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.146 H 21.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF4E50
RGB	rgb(191, 78, 80)
HSL	hsl(359, 47%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(359, 59%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.2%, 58.1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.40, 45.59, 22.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.40, 50.71, 25.96°)
OKLab	oklab(57.27% 0.1354 0.0543)
OKLCH	oklch(57.27% 0.146 21.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.6605, 17.1076, 9.5387)
Luminance	0.1710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF4E50 #4EBFBD

analogous

#BF4E88 #BF4E50 #BF844E

triadic

#BF4E50 #50BF4E #4E50BF

tetradic

#BF4E50 #88BF4E #4EBFBD #844EBF

square

#BF4E50 #88BF4E #4EBFBD #844EBF

split-complementary

#BF4E50 #4EBF84 #4E88BF

monochromatic

#6C2728 #993739 #BF4E50 #CF7B7C #E0A8A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#BF4E50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#BF4E50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BF4E50

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF4E50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BF4E50	1.00	4.75	4.42	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A644F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867C4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D03A50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf4e50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 78, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.146 21.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88481',
    500: '#bf4e50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf4e50;
$custom-light: #d88481;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf4e50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.938,
    "s": 46.888,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57267,
    "c": 0.14587,
    "h": 21.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF4E50

secondary

#9CCDCC

accent

#D7D451

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFEE

border

#D5CAC9

text

#160B0A

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF4E50

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

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