#BF3840#BF3840

#BF3840 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.171 H 21.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF3840
RGB	rgb(191, 56, 64)
HSL	hsl(356, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(356, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.7%, 66.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.63, 53.94, 26.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.63, 60.31, 26.57°)
OKLab	oklab(54.36% 0.1589 0.0636)
OKLCH	oklch(54.36% 0.171 21.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.8280, 14.2784, 6.3508)
Luminance	0.1427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF3840 #38BFB7

analogous

#BF3884 #BF3840 #BF7338

triadic

#BF3840 #40BF38 #3840BF

tetradic

#BF3840 #84BF38 #38BFB7 #7338BF

square

#BF3840 #84BF38 #38BFB7 #7338BF

split-complementary

#BF3840 #38BF73 #3884BF

monochromatic

#601C20 #902A30 #BF3840 #D16369 #DF9297

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.45

#BF3840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.85

#BF3840 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BF3840

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF3840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BF3840	1.00	5.45	3.85	5.45
#FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D573F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F743C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D20C3C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf3840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 56, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.171 21.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da7874',
    500: '#bf3840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf3840;
$custom-light: #da7874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf3840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.444,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54355,
    "c": 0.17114,
    "h": 21.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF3840

secondary

#89CAC6

accent

#DED54A

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160908

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF3840

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

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