#BF4A38#BF4A38

#BF4A38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.154 H 31.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF4A38
RGB	rgb(191, 74, 56)
HSL	hsl(8, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(8, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.3%, 70.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.32, 45.94, 34.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.32, 57.68, 37.20°)
OKLab	oklab(56.33% 0.1321 0.0798)
OKLCH	oklch(56.33% 0.154 31.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.6510, 16.2628, 5.5816)
Luminance	0.1626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF4A38 #38ADBF

analogous

#BF3869 #BF4A38 #BF8D38

triadic

#BF4A38 #38BF4A #4A38BF

tetradic

#BF4A38 #69BF38 #38ADBF #8D38BF

square

#BF4A38 #69BF38 #38ADBF #8D38BF

split-complementary

#BF4A38 #38BF8D #3869BF

monochromatic

#60251C #90382A #BF4A38 #D17263 #DF9D92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.94

#BF4A38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#BF4A38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BF4A38

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF4A38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BF4A38	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)

#6A6036

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877A35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D22F46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf4a38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 74, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.154 31.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da816f',
    500: '#bf4a38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf4a38;
$custom-light: #da816f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf4a38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56334,
    "c": 0.1543,
    "h": 31.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF4A38

secondary

#89C1CA

accent

#CADE4A

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF4A38

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

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