#BF5140#BF5140

#BF5140 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.145 H 30.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF5140
RGB	rgb(191, 81, 64)
HSL	hsl(8, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(8, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.6%, 66.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.68, 43.08, 31.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.68, 53.63, 36.54°)
OKLab	oklab(57.4% 0.1247 0.0746)
OKLCH	oklch(57.4% 0.145 30.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.3561, 17.3347, 6.8602)
Luminance	0.1733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF5140 #40AEBF

analogous

#BF406F #BF5140 #BF9040

triadic

#BF5140 #40BF51 #5140BF

tetradic

#BF5140 #6FBF40 #40AEBF #9040BF

square

#BF5140 #6FBF40 #40AEBF #9040BF

split-complementary

#BF5140 #40BF90 #406FBF

monochromatic

#632A21 #913E31 #BF5140 #CE7B6E #DEA59C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.70

#BF5140 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.47

#BF5140 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BF5140

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF5140	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BF5140	1.00	4.70	4.47	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E653E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897D3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D13B4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf5140;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 81, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.145 30.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d98575',
    500: '#bf5140',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf5140;
$custom-light: #d98575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf5140",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.031,
    "s": 49.804,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57397,
    "c": 0.14534,
    "h": 30.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF5140

secondary

#91C2CA

accent

#C7D94E

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF5140

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

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