#BF4B38#BF4B38

#BF4B38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.153 H 31.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF4B38
RGB	rgb(191, 75, 56)
HSL	hsl(8, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(8, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.7%, 70.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.49, 45.48, 35.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.49, 57.43, 37.64°)
OKLab	oklab(56.47% 0.1306 0.0802)
OKLCH	oklch(56.47% 0.153 31.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.7183, 16.3974, 5.6040)
Luminance	0.1639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF4B38 #38ACBF

analogous

#BF3869 #BF4B38 #BF8E38

triadic

#BF4B38 #38BF4B #4B38BF

tetradic

#BF4B38 #69BF38 #38ACBF #8E38BF

square

#BF4B38 #69BF38 #38ACBF #8E38BF

split-complementary

#BF4B38 #38BF8E #3869BF

monochromatic

#60261C #90382A #BF4B38 #D17263 #DF9D92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.91

#BF4B38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#BF4B38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BF4B38

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF4B38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BF4B38	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)

#6A6135

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877A35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D23147

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf4b38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 75, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.153 31.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9826f',
    500: '#bf4b38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf4b38;
$custom-light: #d9826f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf4b38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.444,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56466,
    "c": 0.15331,
    "h": 31.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF4B38

secondary

#89C1CA

accent

#C9DE4A

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF4B38

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

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