#BF3238#BF3238

#BF3238 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 53.6% C 0.177 H 23.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF3238
RGB	rgb(191, 50, 56)
HSL	hsl(357, 59%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(357, 74%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.8%, 70.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.72, 55.70, 30.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.72, 63.58, 28.83°)
OKLab	oklab(53.64% 0.1628 0.0706)
OKLCH	oklch(53.64% 0.177 23.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.3429, 13.6466, 5.1456)
Luminance	0.1364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF3238 #32BFB9

analogous

#BF327E #BF3238 #BF7332

triadic

#BF3238 #38BF32 #3238BF

tetradic

#BF3238 #7EBF32 #32BFB9 #7332BF

square

#BF3238 #7EBF32 #32BFB9 #7332BF

split-complementary

#BF3238 #32BF73 #327EBF

monochromatic

#5E191C #8E252A #BF3238 #D45A5F #E18B8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.63

#BF3238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.73

#BF3238 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BF3238

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF3238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BF3238	1.00	5.63	3.73	5.63
#FFFFFF	5.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B5437

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7233

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D20036

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf3238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 50, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.6% 0.177 23.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db756e',
    500: '#bf3238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf3238;
$custom-light: #db756e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf3238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.447,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5364,
    "c": 0.17742,
    "h": 23.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF3238

secondary

#82CBC8

accent

#E2DB46

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEDEC

border

#D5C8C7

text

#160907

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF3238

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

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