#BF2C37#BF2C37

#BF2C37 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 53.1% C 0.183 H 22.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF2C37
RGB	rgb(191, 44, 55)
HSL	hsl(356, 63%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(356, 77%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77%, 71.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.00, 57.63, 30.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.00, 65.15, 27.81°)
OKLab	oklab(53.1% 0.1687 0.0698)
OKLCH	oklch(53.1% 0.183 22.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.0788, 13.1571, 4.9381)
Luminance	0.1315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF2C37 #2CBFB4

analogous

#BF2C80 #BF2C37 #BF6A2C

triadic

#BF2C37 #37BF2C #2C37BF

tetradic

#BF2C37 #80BF2C #2CBFB4 #6A2CBF

square

#BF2C37 #80BF2C #2CBFB4 #6A2CBF

split-complementary

#BF2C37 #2CBF6A #2C80BF

monochromatic

#5C151A #8D2129 #BF2C37 #D7515B #E2838A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.78

#BF2C37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.63

#BF2C37 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BF2C37

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF2C37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BF2C37	1.00	5.78	3.63	5.78
#FFFFFF	5.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#585136

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7132

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D20032

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf2c37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 44, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.1% 0.183 22.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db726e',
    500: '#bf2c37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf2c37;
$custom-light: #db726e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf2c37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.51,
    "s": 62.553,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53098,
    "c": 0.18258,
    "h": 22.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF2C37

secondary

#7BCCC6

accent

#E6D942

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#170907

muted

#857B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF2C37

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

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