#BF4537#BF4537

#BF4537 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.160 H 29.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF4537
RGB	rgb(191, 69, 55)
HSL	hsl(6, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(6, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.9%, 71.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.46, 48.14, 34.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.46, 59.20, 35.59°)
OKLab	oklab(55.68% 0.1388 0.0787)
OKLCH	oklch(55.68% 0.16 29.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.3061, 15.6119, 5.3472)
Luminance	0.1561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF4537 #37B1BF

analogous

#BF376D #BF4537 #BF8937

triadic

#BF4537 #37BF45 #4537BF

tetradic

#BF4537 #6DBF37 #37B1BF #8937BF

square

#BF4537 #6DBF37 #37B1BF #8937BF

split-complementary

#BF4537 #37BF89 #376DBF

monochromatic

#60231C #8F3429 #BF4537 #D26D62 #DF9991

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.10

#BF4537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.12

#BF4537 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BF4537

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF4537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BF4537	1.00	5.10	4.12	5.10
#FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#665D35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857833

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D22742

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf4537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 69, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.160 29.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da7e6e',
    500: '#bf4537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf4537;
$custom-light: #da7e6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf4537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.176,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55685,
    "c": 0.1595,
    "h": 29.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF4537

secondary

#88C3CA

accent

#CFDF49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160A07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF4537

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

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