#BF5532#BF5532

#BF5532 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.145 H 38.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF5532
RGB	rgb(191, 85, 50)
HSL	hsl(15, 59%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(15, 74%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.5%, 73.8%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.26, 40.39, 40.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.26, 57.08, 44.95°)
OKLab	oklab(57.78% 0.1138 0.0904)
OKLCH	oklch(57.78% 0.145 38.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.3126, 17.8069, 5.1211)
Luminance	0.1780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF5532 #329CBF

analogous

#BF3255 #BF5532 #BF9C32

triadic

#BF5532 #32BF55 #5532BF

tetradic

#BF5532 #55BF32 #329CBF #9C32BF

square

#BF5532 #55BF32 #329CBF #9C32BF

split-complementary

#BF5532 #32BF9C #3255BF

monochromatic

#5E2A19 #8E3F25 #BF5532 #D4785A #E1A08B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.60

#BF5532 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.56

#BF5532 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BF5532

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF5532	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BF5532	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)

#72672E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7E2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D23E4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf5532;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 85, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.145 38.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9886c',
    500: '#bf5532',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf5532;
$custom-light: #d9886c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf5532",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.894,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57783,
    "c": 0.14529,
    "h": 38.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF5532

secondary

#82B9CB

accent

#BBE246

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF5532

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

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