#BF7972#BF7972

#BF7972 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.089 H 26.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF7972
RGB	rgb(191, 121, 114)
HSL	hsl(5, 38%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(5, 40%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.6%, 40.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.01, 26.51, 15.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.01, 30.61, 29.98°)
OKLab	oklab(64.81% 0.0801 0.0391)
OKLCH	oklch(64.81% 0.089 26)
XYZ	xyz(31.3619, 25.9685, 19.2770)
Luminance	0.2597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF7972 #72B8BF

analogous

#BF7291 #BF7972 #BFA072

triadic

#BF7972 #72BF79 #7972BF

tetradic

#BF7972 #91BF72 #72B8BF #A072BF

square

#BF7972 #91BF72 #72B8BF #A072BF

split-complementary

#BF7972 #72BFA0 #7291BF

monochromatic

#7E3F39 #A8544C #BF7972 #D2A19C #E5C9C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#BF7972 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.19

#BF7972 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF7972

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF7972	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF7972	1.00	3.39	6.19	6.19
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#888371

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999171

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7077

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf7972;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 121, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.089 26.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a09a',
    500: '#bf7972',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf7972;
$custom-light: #d5a09a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf7972",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.455,
    "s": 37.561,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64807,
    "c": 0.08907,
    "h": 26
  },
  "luminance": 0.25966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF7972

secondary

#B8D3D5

accent

#C3CE5A

background

#FDF9F9

surface

#FAF2F2

border

#D3CCCC

text

#140F0E

muted

#837E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF7972

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

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