#BF5038#BF5038

#BF5038 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.148 H 33.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF5038
RGB	rgb(191, 80, 56)
HSL	hsl(11, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(11, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.1%, 70.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.39, 43.12, 36.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.39, 56.24, 39.94°)
OKLab	oklab(57.14% 0.1233 0.0825)
OKLCH	oklch(57.14% 0.148 33.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.0708, 17.1025, 5.7215)
Luminance	0.1710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF5038 #38A7BF

analogous

#BF3863 #BF5038 #BF9338

triadic

#BF5038 #38BF50 #5038BF

tetradic

#BF5038 #63BF38 #38A7BF #9338BF

square

#BF5038 #63BF38 #38A7BF #9338BF

split-complementary

#BF5038 #38BF93 #3863BF

monochromatic

#60281C #903C2A #BF5038 #D17763 #DFA092

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#BF5038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#BF5038 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BF5038

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF5038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BF5038	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)

#6E6435

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897C35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1384B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf5038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 80, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.148 33.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9856f',
    500: '#bf5038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf5038;
$custom-light: #d9856f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf5038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.667,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57144,
    "c": 0.14835,
    "h": 33.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF5038

secondary

#89BFCA

accent

#C4DE4A

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF5038

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

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