#BF7973#BF7973

#BF7973 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.089 H 25.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF7973
RGB	rgb(191, 121, 115)
HSL	hsl(5, 37%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(5, 40%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.6%, 39.8%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.03, 26.63, 14.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.03, 30.44, 28.98°)
OKLab	oklab(64.83% 0.0805 0.0377)
OKLCH	oklch(64.83% 0.089 25.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.4192, 25.9914, 19.5784)
Luminance	0.2599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF7973 #73B9BF

analogous

#BF7393 #BF7973 #BF9F73

triadic

#BF7973 #73BF79 #7973BF

tetradic

#BF7973 #93BF73 #73B9BF #9F73BF

square

#BF7973 #93BF73 #73B9BF #9F73BF

split-complementary

#BF7973 #73BF9F #7393BF

monochromatic

#7E3F3A #A8544D #BF7973 #D2A19D #E5C9C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#BF7973 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#BF7973 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF7973

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF7973	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF7973	1.00	3.39	6.20	6.20
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#888372

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999172

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7078

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf7973;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 121, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.089 25.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a09b',
    500: '#bf7973',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf7973;
$custom-light: #d5a09b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf7973",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.737,
    "s": 37.255,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6483,
    "c": 0.08887,
    "h": 25.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF7973

secondary

#B8D3D6

accent

#C4CD5B

background

#FDF9F9

surface

#FAF2F2

border

#D3CCCC

text

#140F0E

muted

#837E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF7973

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

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