#BF4F35#BF4F35

#BF4F35 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.150 H 34.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF4F35
RGB	rgb(191, 79, 53)
HSL	hsl(11, 57%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(11, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.6%, 72.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.17, 43.45, 37.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.17, 57.40, 40.80°)
OKLab	oklab(56.97% 0.1238 0.0849)
OKLCH	oklch(56.97% 0.15 34.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.9270, 16.9287, 5.3224)
Luminance	0.1693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF4F35 #35A5BF

analogous

#BF3560 #BF4F35 #BF9435

triadic

#BF4F35 #35BF4F #4F35BF

tetradic

#BF4F35 #60BF35 #35A5BF #9435BF

square

#BF4F35 #60BF35 #35A5BF #9435BF

split-complementary

#BF4F35 #35BF94 #3560BF

monochromatic

#5F271A #8F3B28 #BF4F35 #D3755F #E09E8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#BF4F35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#BF4F35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BF4F35

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF4F35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BF4F35	1.00	4.79	4.39	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6332

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897C32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D23649

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf4f35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 79, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.150 34.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9846d',
    500: '#bf4f35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf4f35;
$custom-light: #d9846d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf4f35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.304,
    "s": 56.557,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56967,
    "c": 0.1501,
    "h": 34.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF4F35

secondary

#85BDCA

accent

#C3E048

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF4F35

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

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