#BF4E51#BF4E51

#BF4E51 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.146 H 21.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF4E51
RGB	rgb(191, 78, 81)
HSL	hsl(358, 47%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(358, 59%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.2%, 57.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.41, 45.67, 21.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.41, 50.53, 25.34°)
OKLab	oklab(57.29% 0.1358 0.053)
OKLCH	oklch(57.29% 0.146 21.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.6977, 17.1225, 9.7347)
Luminance	0.1712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF4E51 #4EBFBC

analogous

#BF4E89 #BF4E51 #BF834E

triadic

#BF4E51 #51BF4E #4E51BF

tetradic

#BF4E51 #89BF4E #4EBFBC #834EBF

square

#BF4E51 #89BF4E #4EBFBC #834EBF

split-complementary

#BF4E51 #4EBF83 #4E89BF

monochromatic

#6C2729 #99373A #BF4E51 #CF7B7D #E0A8A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#BF4E51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#BF4E51 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BF4E51

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF4E51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BF4E51	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)

#696450

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867C4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D03A50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf4e51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 78, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.146 21.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88481',
    500: '#bf4e51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf4e51;
$custom-light: #d88481;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf4e51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.407,
    "s": 46.888,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57287,
    "c": 0.14578,
    "h": 21.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF4E51

secondary

#9CCDCC

accent

#D7D351

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFEE

border

#D5CAC9

text

#160B0A

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF4E51

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

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