#BF5237#BF5237

#BF5237 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.147 H 35.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF5237
RGB	rgb(191, 82, 55)
HSL	hsl(12, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(12, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.1%, 71.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.75, 42.11, 37.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.75, 56.09, 41.36°)
OKLab	oklab(57.41% 0.12 0.0844)
OKLCH	oklch(57.41% 0.147 35.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.1952, 17.3901, 5.6436)
Luminance	0.1739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF5237 #37A4BF

analogous

#BF3760 #BF5237 #BF9637

triadic

#BF5237 #37BF52 #5237BF

tetradic

#BF5237 #60BF37 #37A4BF #9637BF

square

#BF5237 #60BF37 #37A4BF #9637BF

split-complementary

#BF5237 #37BF96 #3760BF

monochromatic

#60291C #8F3E29 #BF5237 #D27862 #DFA191

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.69

#BF5237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.48

#BF5237 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BF5237

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF5237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BF5237	1.00	4.69	4.48	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6534

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7D34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D13B4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf5237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 82, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.147 35.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9866f',
    500: '#bf5237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf5237;
$custom-light: #d9866f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf5237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.912,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57411,
    "c": 0.14666,
    "h": 35.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF5237

secondary

#88BDCA

accent

#C1DF49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF5237

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

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