#BF4F42#BF4F42

#BF4F42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.147 H 29.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF4F42
RGB	rgb(191, 79, 66)
HSL	hsl(6, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(6, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.6%, 65.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.34, 44.16, 30.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.34, 53.60, 34.52°)
OKLab	oklab(57.15% 0.1285 0.0714)
OKLCH	oklch(57.15% 0.147 29.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.2676, 17.0650, 7.1165)
Luminance	0.1706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF4F42 #42B2BF

analogous

#BF4273 #BF4F42 #BF8D42

triadic

#BF4F42 #42BF4F #4F42BF

tetradic

#BF4F42 #73BF42 #42B2BF #8D42BF

square

#BF4F42 #73BF42 #42B2BF #8D42BF

split-complementary

#BF4F42 #42BF8D #4273BF

monochromatic

#652922 #923C32 #BF4F42 #CE7A70 #DEA49D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.76

#BF4F42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.41

#BF4F42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BF4F42

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF4F42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BF4F42	1.00	4.76	4.41	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6440

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887C3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1384C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf4f42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 79, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.147 29.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d98476',
    500: '#bf4f42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf4f42;
$custom-light: #d98476;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf4f42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.24,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57152,
    "c": 0.14698,
    "h": 29.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF4F42

secondary

#93C4CA

accent

#CBD94F

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF4F42

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

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