#BF5442#BF5442

#BF5442 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.142 H 31.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF5442
RGB	rgb(191, 84, 66)
HSL	hsl(9, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(9, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56%, 65.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.27, 41.74, 31.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.27, 52.30, 37.04°)
OKLab	oklab(57.85% 0.1209 0.0739)
OKLCH	oklch(57.85% 0.142 31.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.6419, 17.8136, 7.2413)
Luminance	0.1781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF5442 #42ADBF

analogous

#BF426E #BF5442 #BF9242

triadic

#BF5442 #42BF54 #5442BF

tetradic

#BF5442 #6EBF42 #42ADBF #9242BF

square

#BF5442 #6EBF42 #42ADBF #9242BF

split-complementary

#BF5442 #42BF92 #426EBF

monochromatic

#652C22 #923F32 #BF5442 #CE7D70 #DEA79D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.60

#BF5442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.56

#BF5442 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BF5442

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF5442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BF5442	1.00	4.60	4.56	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706740

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7E3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D13F50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf5442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 84, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.142 31.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88777',
    500: '#bf5442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf5442;
$custom-light: #d88777;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf5442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.64,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57853,
    "c": 0.14173,
    "h": 31.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF5442

secondary

#93C2CA

accent

#C5D94F

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF5442

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

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