#BF523B#BF523B

#BF523B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.146 H 33.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF523B
RGB	rgb(191, 82, 59)
HSL	hsl(10, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(10, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.1%, 69.1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.80, 42.32, 34.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.80, 54.85, 39.52°)
OKLab	oklab(57.47% 0.1214 0.0804)
OKLCH	oklch(57.47% 0.146 33.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.2950, 17.4300, 6.1691)
Luminance	0.1743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF523B #3BA8BF

analogous

#BF3B66 #BF523B #BF943B

triadic

#BF523B #3BBF52 #523BBF

tetradic

#BF523B #66BF3B #3BA8BF #943BBF

square

#BF523B #66BF3B #3BA8BF #943BBF

split-complementary

#BF523B #3BBF94 #3B66BF

monochromatic

#612A1E #903E2D #BF523B #D07967 #DFA396

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.68

#BF523B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.49

#BF523B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BF523B

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF523B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BF523B	1.00	4.68	4.49	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6538

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7D38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D13B4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf523b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 82, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.146 33.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d98672',
    500: '#bf523b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf523b;
$custom-light: #d98672;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf523b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.455,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57465,
    "c": 0.14558,
    "h": 33.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF523B

secondary

#8CBFCA

accent

#C3DC4C

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF523B

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

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