#BF4A37#BF4A37

#BF4A37 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.155 H 31.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF4A37
RGB	rgb(191, 74, 55)
HSL	hsl(8, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(8, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.3%, 71.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.30, 45.89, 35.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.30, 57.97, 37.66°)
OKLab	oklab(56.32% 0.1317 0.0808)
OKLCH	oklch(56.32% 0.155 31.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.6268, 16.2531, 5.4541)
Luminance	0.1625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF4A37 #37ACBF

analogous

#BF3768 #BF4A37 #BF8E37

triadic

#BF4A37 #37BF4A #4A37BF

tetradic

#BF4A37 #68BF37 #37ACBF #8E37BF

square

#BF4A37 #68BF37 #37ACBF #8E37BF

split-complementary

#BF4A37 #37BF8E #3768BF

monochromatic

#60251C #8F3829 #BF4A37 #D27162 #DF9C91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.94

#BF4A37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#BF4A37 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BF4A37

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF4A37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BF4A37	1.00	4.94	4.25	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6034

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877A34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D22F46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf4a37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 74, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.155 31.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da816e',
    500: '#bf4a37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf4a37;
$custom-light: #da816e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf4a37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.382,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56321,
    "c": 0.15453,
    "h": 31.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF4A37

secondary

#88C1CA

accent

#CADF49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF4A37

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

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