#BF5136#BF5136

#BF5136 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.148 H 35.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF5136
RGB	rgb(191, 81, 54)
HSL	hsl(12, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(12, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.6%, 71.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.55, 42.54, 37.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.55, 56.64, 41.31°)
OKLab	oklab(57.26% 0.1211 0.0849)
OKLCH	oklch(57.26% 0.148 35)
XYZ	xyz(25.0967, 17.2309, 5.4937)
Luminance	0.1723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF5136 #36A4BF

analogous

#BF365F #BF5136 #BF9536

triadic

#BF5136 #36BF51 #5136BF

tetradic

#BF5136 #5FBF36 #36A4BF #9536BF

square

#BF5136 #5FBF36 #36A4BF #9536BF

split-complementary

#BF5136 #36BF95 #365FBF

monochromatic

#60291B #8F3D29 #BF5136 #D27760 #E0A090

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#BF5136 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#BF5136 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BF5136

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF5136	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BF5136	1.00	4.72	4.45	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6433

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7C33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2394B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf5136;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 81, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.148 35.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9856e',
    500: '#bf5136',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf5136;
$custom-light: #d9856e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf5136",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.825,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57258,
    "c": 0.1479,
    "h": 35
  },
  "luminance": 0.17228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF5136

secondary

#87BDCA

accent

#C2DF49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF5136

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

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