#BF4B37#BF4B37

#BF4B37 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.154 H 31.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF4B37
RGB	rgb(191, 75, 55)
HSL	hsl(9, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(9, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.7%, 71.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.48, 45.43, 35.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.48, 57.73, 38.10°)
OKLab	oklab(56.45% 0.1303 0.0812)
OKLCH	oklch(56.45% 0.154 31.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.6941, 16.3877, 5.4765)
Luminance	0.1638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF4B37 #37ABBF

analogous

#BF3767 #BF4B37 #BF8F37

triadic

#BF4B37 #37BF4B #4B37BF

tetradic

#BF4B37 #67BF37 #37ABBF #8F37BF

square

#BF4B37 #67BF37 #37ABBF #8F37BF

split-complementary

#BF4B37 #37BF8F #3767BF

monochromatic

#60261C #8F3829 #BF4B37 #D27262 #DF9D91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.91

#BF4B37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#BF4B37 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BF4B37

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF4B37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BF4B37	1.00	4.91	4.28	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6134

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877A34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D23147

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf4b37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 75, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.154 31.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da826e',
    500: '#bf4b37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf4b37;
$custom-light: #da826e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf4b37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.824,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56452,
    "c": 0.15353,
    "h": 31.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF4B37

secondary

#88C0CA

accent

#C9DF49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF4B37

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

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