#BF7979#BF7979

#BF7979 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.088 H 19.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF7979
RGB	rgb(191, 121, 121)
HSL	hsl(0, 35%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(0, 37%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.6%, 36.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.16, 27.35, 11.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.16, 29.66, 22.78°)
OKLab	oklab(64.98% 0.0829 0.0297)
OKLCH	oklch(64.98% 0.088 19.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.7757, 26.1340, 21.4562)
Luminance	0.2613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF7979 #79BFBF

analogous

#BF799C #BF7979 #BF9C79

triadic

#BF7979 #79BF79 #7979BF

tetradic

#BF7979 #9CBF79 #79BFBF #9C79BF

square

#BF7979 #9CBF79 #79BFBF #9C79BF

split-complementary

#BF7979 #79BF9C #799CBF

monochromatic

#803D3D #AA5151 #BF7979 #D3A2A2 #E7CCCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#BF7979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.23

#BF7979 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF7979

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF7979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF7979	1.00	3.37	6.23	6.23
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#878479

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989178

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7179

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf7979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 121, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.088 19.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a09f',
    500: '#bf7979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf7979;
$custom-light: #d4a09f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf7979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 35.354,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64978,
    "c": 0.08805,
    "h": 19.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF7979

secondary

#BDD7D7

accent

#AEAE37

background

#FDF9F9

surface

#FAF2F2

border

#D3CCCC

text

#140F0E

muted

#837E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF7979

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

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