#BF7977#BF7977

#BF7977 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.088 H 21.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF7977
RGB	rgb(191, 121, 119)
HSL	hsl(2, 36%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(2, 38%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.6%, 37.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.12, 27.10, 12.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.12, 29.88, 24.89°)
OKLab	oklab(64.93% 0.0821 0.0324)
OKLCH	oklch(64.93% 0.088 21.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.6543, 26.0854, 20.8170)
Luminance	0.2608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF7977 #77BDBF

analogous

#BF7799 #BF7977 #BF9D77

triadic

#BF7977 #77BF79 #7977BF

tetradic

#BF7977 #99BF77 #77BDBF #9D77BF

square

#BF7977 #99BF77 #77BDBF #9D77BF

split-complementary

#BF7977 #77BF9D #7799BF

monochromatic

#803E3C #A95250 #BF7977 #D3A2A1 #E6CBCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#BF7977 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#BF7977 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF7977

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF7977	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF7977	1.00	3.38	6.22	6.22
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#878377

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989176

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7179

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf7977;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 121, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.088 21.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a09e',
    500: '#bf7977',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf7977;
$custom-light: #d4a09e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf7977",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.667,
    "s": 36,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64928,
    "c": 0.08824,
    "h": 21.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF7977

secondary

#BBD6D7

accent

#ACAF37

background

#FDF9F9

surface

#FAF2F2

border

#D3CCCC

text

#140F0E

muted

#837E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF7977

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

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