#BF5A42#BF5A42

#BF5A42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.136 H 34.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF5A42
RGB	rgb(191, 90, 66)
HSL	hsl(12, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(12, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.9%, 65.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.43, 38.75, 32.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.43, 50.84, 40.34°)
OKLab	oklab(58.74% 0.1116 0.077)
OKLCH	oklch(58.74% 0.136 34.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.1277, 18.7852, 7.4032)
Luminance	0.1878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF5A42 #42A7BF

analogous

#BF4268 #BF5A42 #BF9842

triadic

#BF5A42 #42BF5A #5A42BF

tetradic

#BF5A42 #68BF42 #42A7BF #9842BF

square

#BF5A42 #68BF42 #42A7BF #9842BF

split-complementary

#BF5A42 #42BF98 #4268BF

monochromatic

#652F22 #924432 #BF5A42 #CE8270 #DEAA9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.42

#BF5A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.76

#BF5A42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF5A42

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF5A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF5A42	1.00	4.42	4.76	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746A3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8040

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D14754

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf5a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 90, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.136 34.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88b77',
    500: '#bf5a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf5a42;
$custom-light: #d88b77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf5a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.52,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58737,
    "c": 0.13563,
    "h": 34.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF5A42

secondary

#93C0CA

accent

#BED94F

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160C08

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF5A42

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

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