#BF3640#BF3640

#BF3640 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.173 H 21.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF3640
RGB	rgb(191, 54, 64)
HSL	hsl(356, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(356, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.7%, 66.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.36, 54.68, 26.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.36, 60.82, 25.97°)
OKLab	oklab(54.15% 0.1613 0.0628)
OKLCH	oklch(54.15% 0.173 21.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.7330, 14.0884, 6.3191)
Luminance	0.1409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF3640 #36BFB5

analogous

#BF3685 #BF3640 #BF7036

triadic

#BF3640 #40BF36 #3640BF

tetradic

#BF3640 #85BF36 #36BFB5 #7036BF

square

#BF3640 #85BF36 #36BFB5 #7036BF

split-complementary

#BF3640 #36BF70 #3685BF

monochromatic

#601B20 #8F2930 #BF3640 #D26068 #E09096

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.50

#BF3640 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.82

#BF3640 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BF3640

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF3640	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BF3640	1.00	5.50	3.82	5.50
#FFFFFF	5.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C563F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F743C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2033B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf3640;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 54, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.173 21.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da7774',
    500: '#bf3640',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf3640;
$custom-light: #da7774;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf3640",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.62,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54154,
    "c": 0.17307,
    "h": 21.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF3640

secondary

#87CAC5

accent

#DFD449

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160908

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF3640

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

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