#BF4F36#BF4F36

#BF4F36 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.150 H 34.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF4F36
RGB	rgb(191, 79, 54)
HSL	hsl(11, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(11, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.6%, 71.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.18, 43.50, 36.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.18, 57.09, 40.36°)
OKLab	oklab(56.98% 0.1241 0.084)
OKLCH	oklch(56.98% 0.15 34.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.9502, 16.9380, 5.4448)
Luminance	0.1694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF4F36 #36A6BF

analogous

#BF3661 #BF4F36 #BF9336

triadic

#BF4F36 #36BF4F #4F36BF

tetradic

#BF4F36 #61BF36 #36A6BF #9336BF

square

#BF4F36 #61BF36 #36A6BF #9336BF

split-complementary

#BF4F36 #36BF93 #3661BF

monochromatic

#60281B #8F3B29 #BF4F36 #D27560 #E09E90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#BF4F36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#BF4F36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BF4F36

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF4F36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BF4F36	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)

#6D6333

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897C33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2364A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf4f36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 79, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.150 34.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9846e',
    500: '#bf4f36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf4f36;
$custom-light: #d9846e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf4f36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.949,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56979,
    "c": 0.14985,
    "h": 34.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF4F36

secondary

#87BECA

accent

#C4DF49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF4F36

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

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