#BF3516#BF3516

#BF3516 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 53.6% C 0.180 H 33.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF3516
RGB	rgb(191, 53, 22)
HSL	hsl(11, 79%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(11, 88%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.3%, 88.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.78, 53.50, 48.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.78, 72.30, 42.28°)
OKLab	oklab(53.58% 0.1495 0.0995)
OKLCH	oklch(53.58% 0.18 33.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.9066, 13.6841, 2.1941)
Luminance	0.1368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF3516 #16A0BF

analogous

#BF164C #BF3516 #BF8A16

triadic

#BF3516 #16BF35 #3516BF

tetradic

#BF3516 #4CBF16 #16A0BF #8A16BF

square

#BF3516 #4CBF16 #16A0BF #8A16BF

split-complementary

#BF3516 #16BF8A #164CBF

monochromatic

#511709 #882610 #BF3516 #E74E2C #ED7C62

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.62

#BF3516 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.74

#BF3516 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BF3516

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF3516	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BF3516	1.00	5.62	3.74	5.62
#FFFFFF	5.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F540F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81730A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D30030

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf3516;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 53, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.6% 0.180 33.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc7658',
    500: '#bf3516',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf3516;
$custom-light: #dc7658;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf3516",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.006,
    "s": 79.343,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53575,
    "c": 0.17956,
    "h": 33.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF3516

secondary

#5FBCD1

accent

#D2F632

background

#FFF7F5

surface

#FEEDE9

border

#D6C8C5

text

#170903

muted

#857B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF3516

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

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