#BF5539#BF5539

#BF5539 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.143 H 35.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF5539
RGB	rgb(191, 85, 57)
HSL	hsl(13, 54%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(13, 70%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.5%, 70.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.34, 40.74, 36.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.34, 54.79, 41.97°)
OKLab	oklab(57.87% 0.1161 0.0838)
OKLCH	oklch(57.87% 0.143 35.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.4753, 17.8720, 5.9782)
Luminance	0.1787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF5539 #39A3BF

analogous

#BF3960 #BF5539 #BF9839

triadic

#BF5539 #39BF55 #5539BF

tetradic

#BF5539 #60BF39 #39A3BF #9839BF

square

#BF5539 #60BF39 #39A3BF #9839BF

split-complementary

#BF5539 #39BF98 #3960BF

monochromatic

#612B1D #90402B #BF5539 #D17B64 #DFA393

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.59

#BF5539 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.57

#BF5539 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BF5539

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF5539	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BF5539	1.00	4.59	4.57	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716736

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7E36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D13F4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf5539;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 85, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.143 35.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d98870',
    500: '#bf5539',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf5539;
$custom-light: #d98870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf5539",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.537,
    "s": 54.032,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57869,
    "c": 0.14321,
    "h": 35.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF5539

secondary

#8ABDCA

accent

#BFDD4A

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF5539

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

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