#BF3931#BF3931

#BF3931 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.172 H 27.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF3931
RGB	rgb(191, 57, 49)
HSL	hsl(3, 59%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(3, 74%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.2%, 74.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.56, 52.82, 35.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.56, 63.76, 34.06°)
OKLab	oklab(54.23% 0.1522 0.0802)
OKLCH	oklch(54.23% 0.172 27.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.5060, 14.2279, 4.4137)
Luminance	0.1422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF3931 #31B7BF

analogous

#BF3170 #BF3931 #BF8031

triadic

#BF3931 #31BF39 #3931BF

tetradic

#BF3931 #70BF31 #31B7BF #8031BF

square

#BF3931 #70BF31 #31B7BF #8031BF

split-complementary

#BF3931 #31BF80 #3170BF

monochromatic

#5E1C18 #8E2A25 #BF3931 #D46059 #E18E8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.46

#BF3931 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.84

#BF3931 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BF3931

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF3931	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BF3931	1.00	5.46	3.84	5.46
#FFFFFF	5.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#60572F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81742C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D20638

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf3931;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 57, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.172 27.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db786a',
    500: '#bf3931',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf3931;
$custom-light: #db786a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf3931",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.38,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54234,
    "c": 0.17202,
    "h": 27.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF3931

secondary

#81C7CB

accent

#DAE245

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160906

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF3931

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

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