#BF5037#BF5037

#BF5037 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.149 H 34.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF5037
RGB	rgb(191, 80, 55)
HSL	hsl(11, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(11, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.1%, 71.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.38, 43.07, 36.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.38, 56.55, 40.39°)
OKLab	oklab(57.13% 0.123 0.0835)
OKLCH	oklch(57.13% 0.149 34.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.0466, 17.0928, 5.5940)
Luminance	0.1709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF5037 #37A6BF

analogous

#BF3762 #BF5037 #BF9437

triadic

#BF5037 #37BF50 #5037BF

tetradic

#BF5037 #62BF37 #37A6BF #9437BF

square

#BF5037 #62BF37 #37A6BF #9437BF

split-complementary

#BF5037 #37BF94 #3762BF

monochromatic

#60281C #8F3C29 #BF5037 #D27662 #DF9F91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#BF5037 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#BF5037 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BF5037

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF5037	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BF5037	1.00	4.75	4.42	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6434

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897C34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2384B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf5037;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 80, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.149 34.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9856f',
    500: '#bf5037',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf5037;
$custom-light: #d9856f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf5037",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.029,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57131,
    "c": 0.14861,
    "h": 34.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF5037

secondary

#88BECA

accent

#C3DF49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF5037

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

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