#BF5040#BF5040

#BF5040 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.146 H 30.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF5040
RGB	rgb(191, 80, 64)
HSL	hsl(8, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(8, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.1%, 66.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.49, 43.57, 31.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.49, 53.88, 36.05°)
OKLab	oklab(57.26% 0.1262 0.0741)
OKLCH	oklch(57.26% 0.146 30.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.2824, 17.1871, 6.8356)
Luminance	0.1718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF5040 #40AFBF

analogous

#BF4070 #BF5040 #BF8F40

triadic

#BF5040 #40BF50 #5040BF

tetradic

#BF5040 #70BF40 #40AFBF #8F40BF

square

#BF5040 #70BF40 #40AFBF #8F40BF

split-complementary

#BF5040 #40BF8F #4070BF

monochromatic

#632A21 #913D31 #BF5040 #CE7A6E #DEA49C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#BF5040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#BF5040 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BF5040

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF5040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BF5040	1.00	4.73	4.44	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D643E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897C3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1394D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf5040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 80, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.146 30.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d98575',
    500: '#bf5040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf5040;
$custom-light: #d98575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf5040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.559,
    "s": 49.804,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57258,
    "c": 0.14638,
    "h": 30.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF5040

secondary

#91C3CA

accent

#C8D94E

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF5040

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

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