#BF4F49#BF4F49

#BF4F49 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.146 H 25.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF4F49
RGB	rgb(191, 79, 73)
HSL	hsl(3, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(3, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.6%, 61.8%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.45, 44.62, 26.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.45, 51.85, 30.63°)
OKLab	oklab(57.27% 0.1312 0.0634)
OKLCH	oklch(57.27% 0.146 25.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.4868, 17.1526, 8.2707)
Luminance	0.1715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF4F49 #49B9BF

analogous

#BF497E #BF4F49 #BF8A49

triadic

#BF4F49 #49BF4F #4F49BF

tetradic

#BF4F49 #7EBF49 #49B9BF #8A49BF

square

#BF4F49 #7EBF49 #49B9BF #8A49BF

split-complementary

#BF4F49 #49BF8A #497EBF

monochromatic

#692825 #963A35 #BF4F49 #CF7B76 #DFA7A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.74

#BF4F49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#BF4F49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BF4F49

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF4F49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BF4F49	1.00	4.74	4.43	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6448

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877C46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D13A4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf4f49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 79, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.146 25.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8847c',
    500: '#bf4f49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf4f49;
$custom-light: #d8847c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf4f49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.051,
    "s": 47.967,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5727,
    "c": 0.14566,
    "h": 25.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF4F49

secondary

#98C9CC

accent

#D1D850

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFEE

border

#D5CAC9

text

#160B09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF4F49

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

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