#BF2B37#BF2B37

#BF2B37 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.183 H 22.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF2B37
RGB	rgb(191, 43, 55)
HSL	hsl(355, 63%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(355, 77%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.5%, 71.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.89, 57.94, 30.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.89, 65.37, 27.58°)
OKLab	oklab(53.02% 0.1697 0.0695)
OKLCH	oklch(53.02% 0.183 22.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.0420, 13.0835, 4.9258)
Luminance	0.1308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF2B37 #2BBFB3

analogous

#BF2B81 #BF2B37 #BF692B

triadic

#BF2B37 #37BF2B #2B37BF

tetradic

#BF2B37 #81BF2B #2BBFB3 #692BBF

square

#BF2B37 #81BF2B #2BBFB3 #692BBF

split-complementary

#BF2B37 #2BBF69 #2B81BF

monochromatic

#5B151A #8D2029 #BF2B37 #D8505B #E3828A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.81

#BF2B37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.62

#BF2B37 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BF2B37

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF2B37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BF2B37	1.00	5.81	3.62	5.81
#FFFFFF	5.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#585136

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7132

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D20031

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf2b37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 43, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.183 22.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db726e',
    500: '#bf2b37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf2b37;
$custom-light: #db726e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf2b37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.135,
    "s": 63.248,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53016,
    "c": 0.18337,
    "h": 22.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.1308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF2B37

secondary

#7ACCC5

accent

#E6D942

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#170907

muted

#857B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF2B37

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

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