#BF4F59#BF4F59

#BF4F59 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.144 H 17.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF4F59
RGB	rgb(191, 79, 89)
HSL	hsl(355, 47%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(355, 59%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.6%, 53.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.75, 45.84, 17.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.75, 48.99, 20.66°)
OKLab	oklab(57.59% 0.1375 0.0432)
OKLCH	oklch(57.59% 0.144 17.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.0871, 17.3928, 11.4326)
Luminance	0.1739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF4F59 #4FBFB5

analogous

#BF4F91 #BF4F59 #BF7D4F

triadic

#BF4F59 #59BF4F #4F59BF

tetradic

#BF4F59 #91BF4F #4FBFB5 #7D4FBF

square

#BF4F59 #91BF4F #4FBFB5 #7D4FBF

split-complementary

#BF4F59 #4FBF7D #4F91BF

monochromatic

#6C272E #993840 #BF4F59 #CF7C83 #E0A9AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.69

#BF4F59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.48

#BF4F59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BF4F59

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF4F59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BF4F59	1.00	4.69	4.48	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#696559

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857C56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D03D53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf4f59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 79, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.144 17.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78587',
    500: '#bf4f59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf4f59;
$custom-light: #d78587;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf4f59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.643,
    "s": 46.667,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57593,
    "c": 0.14414,
    "h": 17.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF4F59

secondary

#9DCDC9

accent

#D6CA51

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBEFEF

border

#D4CACA

text

#150B0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF4F59

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

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