#BF3038#BF3038

#BF3038 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.179 H 23.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF3038
RGB	rgb(191, 48, 56)
HSL	hsl(357, 60%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(357, 75%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.9%, 70.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.48, 56.38, 30.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.48, 64.04, 28.31°)
OKLab	oklab(53.46% 0.165 0.0699)
OKLCH	oklch(53.46% 0.179 23)
XYZ	xyz(23.2592, 13.4794, 5.1177)
Luminance	0.1348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF3038 #30BFB7

analogous

#BF3080 #BF3038 #BF6F30

triadic

#BF3038 #38BF30 #3038BF

tetradic

#BF3038 #80BF30 #30BFB7 #6F30BF

square

#BF3038 #80BF30 #30BFB7 #6F30BF

split-complementary

#BF3038 #30BF6F #3080BF

monochromatic

#5D171B #8E242A #BF3038 #D5575E #E1888D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.68

#BF3038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.70

#BF3038 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BF3038

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF3038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BF3038	1.00	5.68	3.70	5.68
#FFFFFF	5.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A5337

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7233

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D20034

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf3038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 48, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.179 23.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db746e',
    500: '#bf3038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf3038;
$custom-light: #db746e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf3038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.643,
    "s": 59.833,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53457,
    "c": 0.17915,
    "h": 23
  },
  "luminance": 0.13476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF3038

secondary

#80CBC7

accent

#E3DA45

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEDEC

border

#D5C8C7

text

#160907

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF3038

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

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