#BF7272#BF7272

#BF7272 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.098 H 20.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF7272
RGB	rgb(191, 114, 114)
HSL	hsl(0, 38%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(0, 40%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.3%, 40.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.42, 30.34, 13.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.42, 33.04, 23.33°)
OKLab	oklab(63.59% 0.0917 0.0336)
OKLCH	oklch(63.59% 0.098 20.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.5419, 24.3285, 19.0036)
Luminance	0.2433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF7272 #72BFBF

analogous

#BF7299 #BF7272 #BF9972

triadic

#BF7272 #72BF72 #7272BF

tetradic

#BF7272 #99BF72 #72BFBF #9972BF

square

#BF7272 #99BF72 #72BFBF #9972BF

split-complementary

#BF7272 #72BF99 #7299BF

monochromatic

#7E3939 #A84C4C #BF7272 #D29C9C #E5C6C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#BF7272 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#BF7272 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF7272

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF7272	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF7272	1.00	3.58	5.87	5.87
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#827E72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948D71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD6973

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf7272;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 114, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.098 20.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d59b9a',
    500: '#bf7272',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf7272;
$custom-light: #d59b9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf7272",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 37.561,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63586,
    "c": 0.09764,
    "h": 20.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF7272

secondary

#B8D5D5

accent

#CECE5A

background

#FDF9F9

surface

#FAF2F2

border

#D3CCCC

text

#150E0E

muted

#837E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF7272

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

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