#BF5737#BF5737

#BF5737 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.142 H 37.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF5737
RGB	rgb(191, 87, 55)
HSL	hsl(14, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(14, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.5%, 71.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.70, 39.64, 38.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.70, 55.01, 43.90°)
OKLab	oklab(58.14% 0.1124 0.0867)
OKLCH	oklch(58.14% 0.142 37.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.5861, 18.1718, 5.7739)
Luminance	0.1817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF5737 #379FBF

analogous

#BF375B #BF5737 #BF9B37

triadic

#BF5737 #37BF57 #5737BF

tetradic

#BF5737 #5BBF37 #379FBF #9B37BF

square

#BF5737 #5BBF37 #379FBF #9B37BF

split-complementary

#BF5737 #37BF9B #375BBF

monochromatic

#602C1C #8F4129 #BF5737 #D27C62 #DFA391

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.53

#BF5737 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.63

#BF5737 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF5737

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF5737	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF5737	1.00	4.53	4.63	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736833

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D7F34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D14150

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf5737;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 87, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.142 37.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9896f',
    500: '#bf5737',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf5737;
$custom-light: #d9896f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf5737",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.118,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58137,
    "c": 0.14192,
    "h": 37.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF5737

secondary

#88BBCA

accent

#BBDF49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF5737

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

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