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#BF7380 Color

#BF7380 is rgb(191, 115, 128) in RGB, hsl(350, 37%, 60%) in HSL, and about cmyk(0%, 40%, 33%, 25%) in CMYK. It has no registered color name of its own — the closest is Rose Gold (#B76E79), very hard to tell apart at ΔE 2.66. Black text is the more readable choice on this background.

#BF7380
HEX#BF7380
RGBrgb(191, 115, 128)
HSLhsl(350, 37%, 60%)
HSVhsv(350, 40%, 75%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 40%, 33%, 25%)
OKLCHoklch(64.1% 0.097 9.1)
LABlab(57.26% 31.86 6.35)
LCHlch(57.26% 32.49 11.28)

What #BF7380 Is Called

Most hex codes have no name: there are 16.7 million of them and a few thousand registered names. These are the named colors nearest to #BF7380, ordered by CIE76 distance in CIELAB. Anything under about ΔE 2 is a difference most people cannot see.

Browse the full index of named colors A-Z or every red in the library.

#BF7380 Channel Values

How #BF7380 breaks down in each color model. Hue is measured in degrees around the color wheel; saturation, lightness, and the CMYK inks are percentages.

ModelChannelsNotes
RGBR 191 · G 115 · B 1288-bit channels as sent to the display
HSLH 350° · S 37% · L 60%Easiest model for building lighter and darker variants
HSVH 350° · S 40% · V 75%Matches the picker in most design tools
CMYKC 0% · M 40% · Y 33% · K 25%Approximate ink mix; confirm with an ICC profile before printing
Luminance3.51:1 vs white · 5.98:1 vs blackWCAG 2.2 relative-luminance contrast ratios

Text Contrast & Accessibility

WCAG 2.2 contrast ratios for text on a #BF7380 background. AA requires 4.5:1 for normal text and 3:1 for large text; AAA requires 7:1. Contrast is one check, not a full accessibility review.

Fails AAWhite text3.51:1AA normal AA large AAA normal
TextBlack text5.98:1AA normal AA large AAA normal

Need a specific ratio against another background? Open #BF7380 in the contrast checker.

Colors That Go With #BF7380

Pairings derived from color-wheel relationships. The complementary color sits opposite #BF7380; analogous colors sit beside it; triadic and split-complementary sets spread evenly around the wheel. Select any swatch for its own breakdown.

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Complementary
Analogous
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Triadic
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Split comp.
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Tints & Shades of #BF7380

Lighter tints and darker shades built by moving the lightness channel while holding hue and saturation, which is what you want for hover states, backgrounds, and text variants.

Tints

Shades

Want a full 50-950 ramp with semantic roles? Generate design tokens from #BF7380.

How #BF7380 Looks with Color Vision Deficiency

Simulated with the Viénot, Brettel & Mollon LMS projection model. Anomalous types are rendered as partial versions of the matching dichromacy, which is an approximation rather than a per-person clinical model.

Typical#BF7380
Protanopia#848480
Protanomaly#9F7E80
Deuteranopia#92927D
Deuteranomaly#A6877E
Tritanopia#BE7575
Tritanomaly#BE7479
Achromatopsia#898989

Test a full palette in the color blindness simulator.

Using #BF7380 in Code

Copy-ready declarations for the places this color usually ends up.

CSS custom property--color-bf7380: #BF7380;
CSS backgroundbackground-color: #BF7380;
Tailwind configcolors: { 'color-bf7380': '#BF7380' }
SwiftUIColor(red: 0.749, green: 0.451, blue: 0.502)
Android XML<color name="color_bf7380">#BF7380</color>
SVG fillfill="#BF7380"

More Red Colors

#BF7380 sits in the red family. These are its neighbours across that family's full range, each with its own breakdown.

#BF7380 Frequently Asked Questions

What color is #BF7380?

#BF7380 is a light red — rgb(191, 115, 128) in RGB and hsl(350, 37%, 60%) in HSL. It carries no registered color name of its own; the closest named color is Rose Gold (#B76E79), which is very hard to tell apart at a CIE76 distance of 2.66.

What is the RGB value of #BF7380?

#BF7380 is rgb(191, 115, 128) — red 191, green 115, and blue 128 on the 0-255 scale.

What is the CMYK value of #BF7380?

#BF7380 converts to approximately cmyk(0%, 40%, 33%, 25%). CMYK output is a mathematical approximation for planning; confirm production print colors with your printer and ICC profile.

Should text on #BF7380 be black or white?

Black text is the more readable choice. #BF7380 scores 3.51:1 against white and 5.98:1 against black, and WCAG 2.2 asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal body text.

Can I write #BF7380 as a CSS color keyword?

No. #BF7380 is not one of the CSS color keywords, so it has to be written as a hex, rgb() or hsl() value. The closest keyword is palevioletred (#DB7093) at a CIE76 distance of 14.94, which is visibly different.

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