#BF3240#BF3240

#BF3240 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.177 H 20.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF3240
RGB	rgb(191, 50, 64)
HSL	hsl(354, 59%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(354, 74%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.8%, 66.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.85, 56.11, 25.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.85, 61.84, 24.86°)
OKLab	oklab(53.77% 0.1658 0.0614)
OKLCH	oklch(53.77% 0.177 20.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.5544, 13.7313, 6.2596)
Luminance	0.1373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF3240 #32BFB1

analogous

#BF3286 #BF3240 #BF6B32

triadic

#BF3240 #40BF32 #3240BF

tetradic

#BF3240 #86BF32 #32BFB1 #6B32BF

square

#BF3240 #86BF32 #32BFB1 #6B32BF

split-complementary

#BF3240 #32BF6B #3286BF

monochromatic

#5E191F #8E2530 #BF3240 #D45A66 #E18B93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.61

#BF3240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.75

#BF3240 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BF3240

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF3240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BF3240	1.00	5.61	3.75	5.61
#FFFFFF	5.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A553F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E723C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D20038

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf3240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 50, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.177 20.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da7574',
    500: '#bf3240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf3240;
$custom-light: #da7574;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf3240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.043,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53771,
    "c": 0.1768,
    "h": 20.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF3240

secondary

#82CBC3

accent

#E2D246

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEDED

border

#D5C8C8

text

#160908

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF3240

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

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