#BF5537#BF5537

#BF5537 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.144 H 36.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF5537
RGB	rgb(191, 85, 55)
HSL	hsl(13, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(13, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.5%, 71.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.32, 40.63, 37.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.32, 55.43, 42.86°)
OKLab	oklab(57.84% 0.1154 0.0858)
OKLCH	oklch(57.84% 0.144 36.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.4264, 17.8525, 5.7206)
Luminance	0.1785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF5537 #37A1BF

analogous

#BF375D #BF5537 #BF9937

triadic

#BF5537 #37BF55 #5537BF

tetradic

#BF5537 #5DBF37 #37A1BF #9937BF

square

#BF5537 #5DBF37 #37A1BF #9937BF

split-complementary

#BF5537 #37BF99 #375DBF

monochromatic

#602B1C #8F4029 #BF5537 #D27A62 #DFA291

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.60

#BF5537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.57

#BF5537 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BF5537

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF5537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BF5537	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)

#726734

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7E34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D13F4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf5537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 85, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.144 36.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9886f',
    500: '#bf5537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf5537;
$custom-light: #d9886f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf5537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.235,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57843,
    "c": 0.1438,
    "h": 36.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF5537

secondary

#88BCCA

accent

#BEDF49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF5537

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

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