#BF5C42#BF5C42

#BF5C42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.134 H 35.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF5C42
RGB	rgb(191, 92, 66)
HSL	hsl(12, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(12, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.8%, 65.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.84, 37.73, 33.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.84, 50.38, 41.51°)
OKLab	oklab(59.04% 0.1085 0.0781)
OKLCH	oklch(59.04% 0.134 35.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.2987, 19.1272, 7.4602)
Luminance	0.1912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF5C42 #42A5BF

analogous

#BF4266 #BF5C42 #BF9A42

triadic

#BF5C42 #42BF5C #5C42BF

tetradic

#BF5C42 #66BF42 #42A5BF #9A42BF

square

#BF5C42 #66BF42 #42A5BF #9A42BF

split-complementary

#BF5C42 #42BF9A #4266BF

monochromatic

#653022 #924632 #BF5C42 #CE8370 #DEAB9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.35

#BF5C42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.82

#BF5C42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF5C42

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF5C42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF5C42	1.00	4.35	4.82	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#766C3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8140

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D14956

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf5c42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 92, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.134 35.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88c77',
    500: '#bf5c42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf5c42;
$custom-light: #d88c77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf5c42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.48,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59042,
    "c": 0.13367,
    "h": 35.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF5C42

secondary

#93BFCA

accent

#BCD94F

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160C08

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF5C42

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

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