#BF4D38#BF4D38

#BF4D38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.151 H 32.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF4D38
RGB	rgb(191, 77, 56)
HSL	hsl(9, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(9, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.7%, 70.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.85, 44.55, 35.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.85, 56.95, 38.54°)
OKLab	oklab(56.73% 0.1277 0.0811)
OKLCH	oklch(56.73% 0.151 32.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.8561, 16.6730, 5.6499)
Luminance	0.1667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF4D38 #38AABF

analogous

#BF3866 #BF4D38 #BF9038

triadic

#BF4D38 #38BF4D #4D38BF

tetradic

#BF4D38 #66BF38 #38AABF #9038BF

square

#BF4D38 #66BF38 #38AABF #9038BF

split-complementary

#BF4D38 #38BF90 #3866BF

monochromatic

#60271C #903A2A #BF4D38 #D17463 #DF9E92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.85

#BF4D38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33

#BF4D38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BF4D38

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF4D38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BF4D38	1.00	4.85	4.33	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6235

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887B35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D23449

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf4d38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 77, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.151 32.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9836f',
    500: '#bf4d38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf4d38;
$custom-light: #d9836f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf4d38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.333,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56733,
    "c": 0.15131,
    "h": 32.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF4D38

secondary

#89C0CA

accent

#C7DE4A

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF4D38

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

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