#BF3842#BF3842

#BF3842 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.171 H 21.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF3842
RGB	rgb(191, 56, 66)
HSL	hsl(356, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(356, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.7%, 65.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.66, 54.05, 25.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.66, 59.90, 25.52°)
OKLab	oklab(54.39% 0.1597 0.0612)
OKLCH	oklch(54.39% 0.171 21)
XYZ	xyz(23.8859, 14.3015, 6.6559)
Luminance	0.1430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF3842 #38BFB5

analogous

#BF3885 #BF3842 #BF7238

triadic

#BF3842 #42BF38 #3842BF

tetradic

#BF3842 #85BF38 #38BFB5 #7238BF

square

#BF3842 #85BF38 #38BFB5 #7238BF

split-complementary

#BF3842 #38BF72 #3885BF

monochromatic

#601C21 #902A32 #BF3842 #D1636B #DF9298

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.44

#BF3842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.86

#BF3842 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BF3842

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF3842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BF3842	1.00	5.44	3.86	5.44
#FFFFFF	5.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D5741

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F743E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D20D3D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf3842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 56, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.171 21.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da7876',
    500: '#bf3842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf3842;
$custom-light: #da7876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf3842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.556,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5439,
    "c": 0.17099,
    "h": 21
  },
  "luminance": 0.14298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF3842

secondary

#89CAC5

accent

#DED34A

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160908

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF3842

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

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