#BF5542#BF5542

#BF5542 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.141 H 31.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF5542
RGB	rgb(191, 85, 66)
HSL	hsl(9, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(9, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.5%, 65.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.46, 41.25, 31.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.46, 52.05, 37.57°)
OKLab	oklab(58% 0.1194 0.0745)
OKLCH	oklch(58% 0.141 31.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.7201, 17.9699, 7.2673)
Luminance	0.1797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF5542 #42ACBF

analogous

#BF426D #BF5542 #BF9342

triadic

#BF5542 #42BF55 #5542BF

tetradic

#BF5542 #6DBF42 #42ACBF #9342BF

square

#BF5542 #6DBF42 #42ACBF #9342BF

split-complementary

#BF5542 #42BF93 #426DBF

monochromatic

#652C22 #924032 #BF5542 #CE7E70 #DEA79D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.57

#BF5542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.59

#BF5542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF5542

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF5542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF5542	1.00	4.57	4.59	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.57	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)

#716740

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7E40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D14051

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf5542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 85, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.141 31.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88877',
    500: '#bf5542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf5542;
$custom-light: #d88877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf5542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.12,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57997,
    "c": 0.1407,
    "h": 31.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF5542

secondary

#93C2CA

accent

#C4D94F

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160C08

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF5542

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

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