#BF4A35#BF4A35

#BF4A35 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.155 H 32.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF4A35
RGB	rgb(191, 74, 53)
HSL	hsl(9, 57%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(9, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.3%, 72.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.28, 45.79, 36.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.28, 58.57, 38.56°)
OKLab	oklab(56.29% 0.131 0.0828)
OKLCH	oklch(56.29% 0.155 32.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.5798, 16.2343, 5.2067)
Luminance	0.1623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF4A35 #35AABF

analogous

#BF3565 #BF4A35 #BF8F35

triadic

#BF4A35 #35BF4A #4A35BF

tetradic

#BF4A35 #65BF35 #35AABF #8F35BF

square

#BF4A35 #65BF35 #35AABF #8F35BF

split-complementary

#BF4A35 #35BF8F #3565BF

monochromatic

#5F251A #8F3728 #BF4A35 #D3705F #E09B8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.95

#BF4A35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#BF4A35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BF4A35

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF4A35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BF4A35	1.00	4.95	4.25	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6032

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877A31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D22F46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf4a35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 74, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.155 32.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da816d',
    500: '#bf4a35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf4a35;
$custom-light: #da816d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf4a35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.13,
    "s": 56.557,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56295,
    "c": 0.15498,
    "h": 32.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF4A35

secondary

#85C0CA

accent

#C9E048

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF4A35

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

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