#BF7572#BF7572

#BF7572 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.094 H 22.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF7572
RGB	rgb(191, 117, 114)
HSL	hsl(2, 38%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(2, 40%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.7%, 40.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.09, 28.70, 14.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.09, 31.95, 26.04°)
OKLab	oklab(64.1% 0.0867 0.0359)
OKLCH	oklch(64.1% 0.094 22.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.8859, 25.0164, 19.1183)
Luminance	0.2501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF7572 #72BCBF

analogous

#BF7295 #BF7572 #BF9C72

triadic

#BF7572 #72BF75 #7572BF

tetradic

#BF7572 #95BF72 #72BCBF #9C72BF

square

#BF7572 #95BF72 #72BCBF #9C72BF

split-complementary

#BF7572 #72BF9C #7295BF

monochromatic

#7E3C39 #A8504C #BF7572 #D29E9C #E5C7C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#BF7572 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#BF7572 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF7572

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF7572	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF7572	1.00	3.50	6.00	6.00
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#848071

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968F71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD6C75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf7572;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 117, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.094 22.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d59d9a',
    500: '#bf7572',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf7572;
$custom-light: #d59d9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf7572",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.338,
    "s": 37.561,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64104,
    "c": 0.09385,
    "h": 22.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF7572

secondary

#B8D4D5

accent

#C9CE5A

background

#FDF9F9

surface

#FAF2F2

border

#D3CCCC

text

#150E0E

muted

#837E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF7572

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

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