#BF5540#BF5540

#BF5540 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.141 H 32.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF5540
RGB	rgb(191, 85, 64)
HSL	hsl(10, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(10, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.5%, 66.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.43, 41.13, 32.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.43, 52.63, 38.60°)
OKLab	oklab(57.97% 0.1186 0.0766)
OKLCH	oklch(57.97% 0.141 32.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.6622, 17.9468, 6.9622)
Luminance	0.1794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF5540 #40AABF

analogous

#BF406B #BF5540 #BF9440

triadic

#BF5540 #40BF55 #5540BF

tetradic

#BF5540 #6BBF40 #40AABF #9440BF

square

#BF5540 #6BBF40 #40AABF #9440BF

split-complementary

#BF5540 #40BF94 #406BBF

monochromatic

#632C21 #914131 #BF5540 #CE7E6E #DEA79C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.58

#BF5540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.59

#BF5540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF5540

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF5540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF5540	1.00	4.58	4.59	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#71673E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7E3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D14050

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf5540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 85, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.141 32.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d98875',
    500: '#bf5540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf5540;
$custom-light: #d98875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf5540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.921,
    "s": 49.804,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57967,
    "c": 0.14123,
    "h": 32.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF5540

secondary

#91C0CA

accent

#C2D94E

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160C08

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF5540

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

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