#BF3438#BF3438

#BF3438 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.176 H 23.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF3438
RGB	rgb(191, 52, 56)
HSL	hsl(358, 57%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(358, 73%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.8%, 70.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.98, 54.99, 30.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.98, 63.11, 29.38°)
OKLab	oklab(53.83% 0.1606 0.0712)
OKLCH	oklch(53.83% 0.176 23.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.4303, 13.8214, 5.1747)
Luminance	0.1382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF3438 #34BFBB

analogous

#BF347E #BF3438 #BF7534

triadic

#BF3438 #38BF34 #3438BF

tetradic

#BF3438 #7EBF34 #34BFBB #7534BF

square

#BF3438 #7EBF34 #34BFBB #7534BF

split-complementary

#BF3438 #34BF75 #347EBF

monochromatic

#5F1A1C #8F272A #BF3438 #D35D61 #E08D90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.58

#BF3438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.76

#BF3438 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BF3438

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF3438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BF3438	1.00	5.58	3.76	5.58
#FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C5537

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7333

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D20037

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf3438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 52, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.176 23.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da766e',
    500: '#bf3438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf3438;
$custom-light: #da766e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf3438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.273,
    "s": 57.202,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53829,
    "c": 0.17564,
    "h": 23.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF3438

secondary

#84CAC8

accent

#E0DC47

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#160907

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF3438

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

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