#BF5536#BF5536

#BF5536 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.144 H 37.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF5536
RGB	rgb(191, 85, 54)
HSL	hsl(14, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(14, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.5%, 71.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.31, 40.58, 38.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.31, 55.76, 43.30°)
OKLab	oklab(57.83% 0.1151 0.0867)
OKLCH	oklch(57.83% 0.144 37)
XYZ	xyz(25.4027, 17.8430, 5.5957)
Luminance	0.1784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF5536 #36A0BF

analogous

#BF365B #BF5536 #BF9936

triadic

#BF5536 #36BF55 #5536BF

tetradic

#BF5536 #5BBF36 #36A0BF #9936BF

square

#BF5536 #5BBF36 #36A0BF #9936BF

split-complementary

#BF5536 #36BF99 #365BBF

monochromatic

#602B1B #8F4029 #BF5536 #D27A60 #E0A290

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.60

#BF5536 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.57

#BF5536 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BF5536

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF5536	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BF5536	1.00	4.60	4.57	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726732

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7E33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D13F4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf5536;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 85, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.144 37.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9886e',
    500: '#bf5536',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf5536;
$custom-light: #d9886e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf5536",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.577,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5783,
    "c": 0.14408,
    "h": 37
  },
  "luminance": 0.1784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF5536

secondary

#87BBCA

accent

#BDDF49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF5536

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

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