#BF5949#BF5949

#BF5949 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.135 H 30.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF5949
RGB	rgb(191, 89, 73)
HSL	hsl(8, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(8, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.4%, 61.8%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.34, 39.72, 28.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.34, 49.06, 35.95°)
OKLab	oklab(58.7% 0.1159 0.0687)
OKLCH	oklch(58.7% 0.135 30.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.2631, 18.7053, 8.5295)
Luminance	0.1870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF5949 #49AFBF

analogous

#BF4974 #BF5949 #BF9449

triadic

#BF5949 #49BF59 #5949BF

tetradic

#BF5949 #74BF49 #49AFBF #9449BF

square

#BF5949 #74BF49 #49AFBF #9449BF

split-complementary

#BF5949 #49BF94 #4974BF

monochromatic

#692E25 #964235 #BF5949 #CF8276 #DFACA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.43

#BF5949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.74

#BF5949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF5949

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF5949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF5949	1.00	4.43	4.74	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736A47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8047

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D14655

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf5949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 89, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.135 30.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88b7c',
    500: '#bf5949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf5949;
$custom-light: #d88b7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf5949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.136,
    "s": 47.967,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58699,
    "c": 0.13471,
    "h": 30.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF5949

secondary

#98C5CC

accent

#C5D850

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCF0EE

border

#D5CBC9

text

#160C09

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF5949

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

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