#BF4937#BF4937

#BF4937 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.156 H 31.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF4937
RGB	rgb(191, 73, 55)
HSL	hsl(8, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(8, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.8%, 71.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.13, 46.35, 35.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.13, 58.21, 37.23°)
OKLab	oklab(56.19% 0.1332 0.0804)
OKLCH	oklch(56.19% 0.156 31.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.5605, 16.1207, 5.4320)
Luminance	0.1612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF4937 #37ADBF

analogous

#BF3769 #BF4937 #BF8D37

triadic

#BF4937 #37BF49 #4937BF

tetradic

#BF4937 #69BF37 #37ADBF #8D37BF

square

#BF4937 #69BF37 #37ADBF #8D37BF

split-complementary

#BF4937 #37BF8D #3769BF

monochromatic

#60251C #8F3729 #BF4937 #D27062 #DF9B91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.97

#BF4937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#BF4937 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BF4937

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF4937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BF4937	1.00	4.97	4.22	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#696034

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867933

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D22E45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf4937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 73, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.156 31.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da816e',
    500: '#bf4937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf4937;
$custom-light: #da816e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf4937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.941,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56191,
    "c": 0.15553,
    "h": 31.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF4937

secondary

#88C1CA

accent

#CBDF49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF4937

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

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