#BF553B#BF553B

#BF553B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.143 H 35.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF553B
RGB	rgb(191, 85, 59)
HSL	hsl(12, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(12, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.5%, 69.1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.37, 40.84, 35.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.37, 54.16, 41.05°)
OKLab	oklab(57.9% 0.1168 0.0818)
OKLCH	oklch(57.9% 0.143 35)
XYZ	xyz(25.5262, 17.8924, 6.2462)
Luminance	0.1789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF553B #3BA5BF

analogous

#BF3B63 #BF553B #BF973B

triadic

#BF553B #3BBF55 #553BBF

tetradic

#BF553B #63BF3B #3BA5BF #973BBF

square

#BF553B #63BF3B #3BA5BF #973BBF

split-complementary

#BF553B #3BBF97 #3B63BF

monochromatic

#612B1E #90402D #BF553B #D07C67 #DFA496

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.59

#BF553B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.58

#BF553B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BF553B

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF553B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BF553B	1.00	4.59	4.58	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716738

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7E38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D13F4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf553b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 85, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.143 35.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d98872',
    500: '#bf553b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf553b;
$custom-light: #d98872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf553b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.818,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57895,
    "c": 0.14262,
    "h": 35
  },
  "luminance": 0.17889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF553B

secondary

#8CBECA

accent

#C0DC4C

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C08

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF553B

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

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