#BF3836#BF3836

#BF3836 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.172 H 25.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF3836
RGB	rgb(191, 56, 54)
HSL	hsl(1, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(1, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.7%, 71.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.48, 53.42, 32.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.48, 62.66, 31.50°)
OKLab	oklab(54.2% 0.1552 0.0747)
OKLCH	oklch(54.2% 0.172 25.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.5685, 14.1746, 4.9843)
Luminance	0.1417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF3836 #36BDBF

analogous

#BF3678 #BF3836 #BF7C36

triadic

#BF3836 #36BF38 #3836BF

tetradic

#BF3836 #78BF36 #36BDBF #7C36BF

square

#BF3836 #78BF36 #36BDBF #7C36BF

split-complementary

#BF3836 #36BF7C #3678BF

monochromatic

#601C1B #8F2A29 #BF3836 #D26260 #E09190

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.48

#BF3836 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.83

#BF3836 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BF3836

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF3836	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BF3836	1.00	5.48	3.83	5.48
#FFFFFF	5.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5734

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807431

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D20539

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf3836;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 56, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.172 25.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da786d',
    500: '#bf3836',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf3836;
$custom-light: #da786d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf3836",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.876,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54198,
    "c": 0.17222,
    "h": 25.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF3836

secondary

#87C9CA

accent

#DDDF49

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160907

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF3836

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

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