#BF5940#BF5940

#BF5940 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.137 H 35.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF5940
RGB	rgb(191, 89, 64)
HSL	hsl(12, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(12, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.4%, 66.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.21, 39.13, 33.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.21, 51.69, 40.79°)
OKLab	oklab(58.56% 0.1125 0.0787)
OKLCH	oklch(58.56% 0.137 35)
XYZ	xyz(25.9860, 18.5945, 7.0702)
Luminance	0.1859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF5940 #40A6BF

analogous

#BF4067 #BF5940 #BF9840

triadic

#BF5940 #40BF59 #5940BF

tetradic

#BF5940 #67BF40 #40A6BF #9840BF

square

#BF5940 #67BF40 #40A6BF #9840BF

split-complementary

#BF5940 #40BF98 #4067BF

monochromatic

#632E21 #914431 #BF5940 #CE816E #DEA99C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#BF5940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#BF5940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF5940

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF5940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF5940	1.00	4.45	4.72	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746A3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D803E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D14553

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf5940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 89, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.137 35.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88a75',
    500: '#bf5940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf5940;
$custom-light: #d88a75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf5940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.811,
    "s": 49.804,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58557,
    "c": 0.13723,
    "h": 35
  },
  "luminance": 0.18591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF5940

secondary

#91BFCA

accent

#BED94E

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160C08

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF5940

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

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