#BF4F37#BF4F37

#BF4F37 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.150 H 33.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF4F37
RGB	rgb(191, 79, 55)
HSL	hsl(11, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(11, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.6%, 71.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.19, 43.55, 36.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.19, 56.78, 39.92°)
OKLab	oklab(56.99% 0.1245 0.083)
OKLCH	oklch(56.99% 0.15 33.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.9739, 16.9475, 5.5698)
Luminance	0.1694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF4F37 #37A7BF

analogous

#BF3763 #BF4F37 #BF9337

triadic

#BF4F37 #37BF4F #4F37BF

tetradic

#BF4F37 #63BF37 #37A7BF #9337BF

square

#BF4F37 #63BF37 #37A7BF #9337BF

split-complementary

#BF4F37 #37BF93 #3763BF

monochromatic

#60281C #8F3B29 #BF4F37 #D27562 #DF9F91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#BF4F37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#BF4F37 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BF4F37

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF4F37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BF4F37	1.00	4.78	4.39	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6334

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897C34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2374A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf4f37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 79, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.150 33.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9846f',
    500: '#bf4f37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf4f37;
$custom-light: #d9846f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf4f37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.588,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56992,
    "c": 0.14958,
    "h": 33.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF4F37

secondary

#88BECA

accent

#C4DF49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF4F37

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

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