#BF4F50#BF4F50

#BF4F50 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.145 H 22.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF4F50
RGB	rgb(191, 79, 80)
HSL	hsl(359, 47%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(359, 59%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.6%, 58.1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.57, 45.12, 22.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.57, 50.39, 26.44°)
OKLab	oklab(57.4% 0.1339 0.0548)
OKLCH	oklch(57.4% 0.145 22.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.7321, 17.2507, 9.5625)
Luminance	0.1725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF4F50 #4FBFBE

analogous

#BF4F88 #BF4F50 #BF864F

triadic

#BF4F50 #50BF4F #4F50BF

tetradic

#BF4F50 #88BF4F #4FBFBE #864FBF

square

#BF4F50 #88BF4F #4FBFBE #864FBF

split-complementary

#BF4F50 #4FBF86 #4F88BF

monochromatic

#6C2728 #993839 #BF4F50 #CF7C7D #E0A9A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#BF4F50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#BF4F50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BF4F50

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF4F50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BF4F50	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)

#6A654F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877C4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D03B50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf4f50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 79, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.145 22.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88581',
    500: '#bf4f50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf4f50;
$custom-light: #d88581;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf4f50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.464,
    "s": 46.667,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57402,
    "c": 0.14469,
    "h": 22.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF4F50

secondary

#9DCDCD

accent

#D6D551

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFEE

border

#D5CAC9

text

#160B0A

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF4F50

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

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