#BF5838#BF5838

#BF5838 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.141 H 37.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF5838
RGB	rgb(191, 88, 56)
HSL	hsl(14, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(14, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.9%, 70.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.91, 39.19, 37.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.91, 54.47, 44.00°)
OKLab	oklab(58.3% 0.1112 0.0862)
OKLCH	oklch(58.3% 0.141 37.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.6918, 18.3446, 5.9285)
Luminance	0.1834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF5838 #389FBF

analogous

#BF385B #BF5838 #BF9B38

triadic

#BF5838 #38BF58 #5838BF

tetradic

#BF5838 #5BBF38 #389FBF #9B38BF

square

#BF5838 #5BBF38 #389FBF #9B38BF

split-complementary

#BF5838 #38BF9B #385BBF

monochromatic

#602C1C #90422A #BF5838 #D17D63 #DFA492

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.50

#BF5838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.67

#BF5838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF5838

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF5838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF5838	1.00	4.50	4.67	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746934

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D7F36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D14351

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf5838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 88, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.141 37.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d98a70',
    500: '#bf5838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf5838;
$custom-light: #d98a70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf5838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.222,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58298,
    "c": 0.14067,
    "h": 37.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF5838

secondary

#89BBCA

accent

#BBDE4A

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF5838

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

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