#BF3540#BF3540

#BF3540 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.174 H 21.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF3540
RGB	rgb(191, 53, 64)
HSL	hsl(355, 57%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(355, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.3%, 66.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.23, 55.05, 26.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.23, 61.08, 25.68°)
OKLab	oklab(54.06% 0.1624 0.0625)
OKLCH	oklch(54.06% 0.174 21)
XYZ	xyz(23.6869, 13.9962, 6.3038)
Luminance	0.1399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF3540 #35BFB4

analogous

#BF3585 #BF3540 #BF6F35

triadic

#BF3540 #40BF35 #3540BF

tetradic

#BF3540 #85BF35 #35BFB4 #6F35BF

square

#BF3540 #85BF35 #35BFB4 #6F35BF

split-complementary

#BF3540 #35BF6F #3585BF

monochromatic

#5F1A20 #8F2830 #BF3540 #D35F68 #E08F95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.53

#BF3540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.80

#BF3540 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BF3540

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF3540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BF3540	1.00	5.53	3.80	5.53
#FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C563F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E733C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2003A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf3540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 53, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.174 21.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da7674',
    500: '#bf3540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf3540;
$custom-light: #da7674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf3540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.217,
    "s": 56.557,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54056,
    "c": 0.17402,
    "h": 21
  },
  "luminance": 0.13993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF3540

secondary

#85CAC5

accent

#E0D448

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160908

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF3540

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

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