#BF4538#BF4538

#BF4538 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.159 H 29.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF4538
RGB	rgb(191, 69, 56)
HSL	hsl(6, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(6, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.9%, 70.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.47, 48.19, 33.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.47, 58.92, 35.12°)
OKLab	oklab(55.7% 0.1391 0.0777)
OKLCH	oklch(55.7% 0.159 29.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.3303, 15.6215, 5.4747)
Luminance	0.1562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF4538 #38B2BF

analogous

#BF386E #BF4538 #BF8838

triadic

#BF4538 #38BF45 #4538BF

tetradic

#BF4538 #6EBF38 #38B2BF #8838BF

square

#BF4538 #6EBF38 #38B2BF #8838BF

split-complementary

#BF4538 #38BF88 #386EBF

monochromatic

#60231C #90342A #BF4538 #D16E63 #DF9A92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.09

#BF4538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.12

#BF4538 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BF4538

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF4538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BF4538	1.00	5.09	4.12	5.09
#FFFFFF	5.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#665D36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857834

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D22743

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf4538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 69, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.159 29.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da7e6f',
    500: '#bf4538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf4538;
$custom-light: #da7e6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf4538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.778,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55699,
    "c": 0.15931,
    "h": 29.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF4538

secondary

#89C4CA

accent

#D0DE4A

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160A07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF4538

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

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