#BF2C36#BF2C36

#BF2C36 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 53.1% C 0.183 H 22.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF2C36
RGB	rgb(191, 44, 54)
HSL	hsl(356, 63%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(356, 77%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77%, 71.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.98, 57.58, 30.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.98, 65.39, 28.28°)
OKLab	oklab(53.08% 0.1683 0.0709)
OKLCH	oklch(53.08% 0.183 22.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.0550, 13.1477, 4.8131)
Luminance	0.1314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF2C36 #2CBFB5

analogous

#BF2C7F #BF2C36 #BF6B2C

triadic

#BF2C36 #36BF2C #2C36BF

tetradic

#BF2C36 #7FBF2C #2CBFB5 #6B2CBF

square

#BF2C36 #7FBF2C #2CBFB5 #6B2CBF

split-complementary

#BF2C36 #2CBF6B #2C7FBF

monochromatic

#5C151A #8D2128 #BF2C36 #D7515A #E28389

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.79

#BF2C36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.63

#BF2C36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BF2C36

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF2C36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BF2C36	1.00	5.79	3.63	5.79
#FFFFFF	5.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#585135

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7131

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D20031

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf2c36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 44, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.1% 0.183 22.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db726d',
    500: '#bf2c36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf2c36;
$custom-light: #db726d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf2c36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.918,
    "s": 62.553,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53083,
    "c": 0.18266,
    "h": 22.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF2C36

secondary

#7BCCC6

accent

#E6DA42

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#170907

muted

#857B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF2C36

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

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