#BF5240#BF5240

#BF5240 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.144 H 31.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF5240
RGB	rgb(191, 82, 64)
HSL	hsl(9, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(9, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.1%, 66.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.86, 42.60, 32.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.86, 53.37, 37.05°)
OKLab	oklab(57.54% 0.1232 0.0751)
OKLCH	oklch(57.54% 0.144 31.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.4310, 17.4844, 6.8851)
Luminance	0.1748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF5240 #40ADBF

analogous

#BF406D #BF5240 #BF9240

triadic

#BF5240 #40BF52 #5240BF

tetradic

#BF5240 #6DBF40 #40ADBF #9240BF

square

#BF5240 #6DBF40 #40ADBF #9240BF

split-complementary

#BF5240 #40BF92 #406DBF

monochromatic

#632B21 #913E31 #BF5240 #CE7C6E #DEA59C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.67

#BF5240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.50

#BF5240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BF5240

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF5240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BF5240	1.00	4.67	4.50	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F653E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7D3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D13C4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf5240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 82, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.144 31.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d98675',
    500: '#bf5240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf5240;
$custom-light: #d98675;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf5240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.504,
    "s": 49.804,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57537,
    "c": 0.1443,
    "h": 31.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF5240

secondary

#91C2CA

accent

#C6D94E

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF5240

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

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