#BF2E2B#BF2E2B

#BF2E2B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 53.1% C 0.182 H 26.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF2E2B
RGB	rgb(191, 46, 43)
HSL	hsl(1, 63%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(1, 77%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.9%, 77.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.08, 56.50, 37.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.08, 67.81, 33.57°)
OKLab	oklab(53.11% 0.1625 0.0825)
OKLCH	oklch(53.11% 0.182 26.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.9016, 13.2084, 3.6286)
Luminance	0.1321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF2E2B #2BBCBF

analogous

#BF2B72 #BF2E2B #BF782B

triadic

#BF2E2B #2BBF2E #2E2BBF

tetradic

#BF2E2B #72BF2B #2BBCBF #782BBF

square

#BF2E2B #72BF2B #2BBCBF #782BBF

split-complementary

#BF2E2B #2BBF78 #2B72BF

monochromatic

#5B1615 #8D2220 #BF2E2B #D85250 #E38482

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.77

#BF2E2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.64

#BF2E2B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BF2E2B

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF2E2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BF2E2B	1.00	5.77	3.64	5.77
#FFFFFF	5.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A5229

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7125

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2002F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf2e2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 46, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.1% 0.182 26.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc7365',
    500: '#bf2e2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf2e2b;
$custom-light: #dc7365;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf2e2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.216,
    "s": 63.248,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53106,
    "c": 0.18226,
    "h": 26.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF2E2B

secondary

#7ACACC

accent

#E3E642

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#170905

muted

#857B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF2E2B

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

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