#BF5848#BF5848

#BF5848 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.136 H 30.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF5848
RGB	rgb(191, 88, 72)
HSL	hsl(8, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(8, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.9%, 62.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.13, 40.15, 29.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.13, 49.60, 35.95°)
OKLab	oklab(58.53% 0.117 0.0693)
OKLCH	oklch(58.53% 0.136 30.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.1476, 18.5269, 8.3287)
Luminance	0.1852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF5848 #48AFBF

analogous

#BF4874 #BF5848 #BF9448

triadic

#BF5848 #48BF58 #5848BF

tetradic

#BF5848 #74BF48 #48AFBF #9448BF

square

#BF5848 #74BF48 #48AFBF #9448BF

split-complementary

#BF5848 #48BF94 #4874BF

monochromatic

#682E24 #964134 #BF5848 #CF8175 #DFABA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#BF5848 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#BF5848 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF5848

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF5848	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF5848	1.00	4.46	4.70	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726A46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8046

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D14554

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf5848;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 88, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.136 30.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88a7b',
    500: '#bf5848',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf5848;
$custom-light: #d88a7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf5848",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.067,
    "s": 48.178,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58534,
    "c": 0.13602,
    "h": 30.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF5848

secondary

#97C5CC

accent

#C6D850

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCF0EE

border

#D5CBC9

text

#160C09

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF5848

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

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