#BF4E59#BF4E59

#BF4E59 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.145 H 17.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF4E59
RGB	rgb(191, 78, 89)
HSL	hsl(354, 47%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(354, 59%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.2%, 53.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.57, 46.31, 17.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.57, 49.35, 20.21°)
OKLab	oklab(57.46% 0.139 0.0426)
OKLCH	oklch(57.46% 0.145 17)
XYZ	xyz(26.0156, 17.2496, 11.4088)
Luminance	0.1725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF4E59 #4EBFB4

analogous

#BF4E92 #BF4E59 #BF7B4E

triadic

#BF4E59 #59BF4E #4E59BF

tetradic

#BF4E59 #92BF4E #4EBFB4 #7B4EBF

square

#BF4E59 #92BF4E #4EBFB4 #7B4EBF

split-complementary

#BF4E59 #4EBF7B #4E92BF

monochromatic

#6C272E #993741 #BF4E59 #CF7B83 #E0A8AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#BF4E59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#BF4E59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BF4E59

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF4E59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BF4E59	1.00	4.72	4.45	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#686559

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857C56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D03C53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf4e59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 78, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.145 17.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78487',
    500: '#bf4e59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf4e59;
$custom-light: #d78487;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf4e59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.159,
    "s": 46.888,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57459,
    "c": 0.14539,
    "h": 17
  },
  "luminance": 0.17246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF4E59

secondary

#9CCDC8

accent

#D7CA51

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBEFEF

border

#D4CACA

text

#150B0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF4E59

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

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