#BF2B2B#BF2B2B

#BF2B2B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 52.9% C 0.185 H 26.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF2B2B
RGB	rgb(191, 43, 43)
HSL	hsl(0, 63%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(0, 77%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.5%, 77.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.74, 57.45, 37.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.74, 68.40, 32.88°)
OKLab	oklab(52.85% 0.1655 0.0817)
OKLCH	oklch(52.85% 0.185 26.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.7885, 12.9822, 3.5909)
Luminance	0.1298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF2B2B #2BBFBF

analogous

#BF2B75 #BF2B2B #BF752B

triadic

#BF2B2B #2BBF2B #2B2BBF

tetradic

#BF2B2B #75BF2B #2BBFBF #752BBF

square

#BF2B2B #75BF2B #2BBFBF #752BBF

split-complementary

#BF2B2B #2BBF75 #2B75BF

monochromatic

#5B1515 #8D2020 #BF2B2B #D85050 #E38282

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.84

#BF2B2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.60

#BF2B2B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BF2B2B

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF2B2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BF2B2B	1.00	5.84	3.60	5.84
#FFFFFF	5.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#595029

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7025

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3002D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf2b2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 43, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.9% 0.185 26.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc7265',
    500: '#bf2b2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf2b2b;
$custom-light: #dc7265;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf2b2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 63.248,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52854,
    "c": 0.18458,
    "h": 26.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF2B2B

secondary

#7ACCCC

accent

#E6E642

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#170905

muted

#857B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF2B2B

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

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