#BF3936#BF3936

#BF3936 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.171 H 26.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF3936
RGB	rgb(191, 57, 54)
HSL	hsl(1, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(1, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.2%, 71.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.62, 53.04, 32.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.62, 62.42, 31.81°)
OKLab	oklab(54.3% 0.154 0.0751)
OKLCH	oklch(54.3% 0.171 26)
XYZ	xyz(23.6174, 14.2725, 5.0006)
Luminance	0.1427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF3936 #36BCBF

analogous

#BF3677 #BF3936 #BF7D36

triadic

#BF3936 #36BF39 #3936BF

tetradic

#BF3936 #77BF36 #36BCBF #7D36BF

square

#BF3936 #77BF36 #36BCBF #7D36BF

split-complementary

#BF3936 #36BF7D #3677BF

monochromatic

#601D1B #8F2B29 #BF3936 #D26360 #E09290

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.45

#BF3936 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.85

#BF3936 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BF3936

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF3936	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BF3936	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)

#5F5734

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817432

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2093A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf3936;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 57, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.171 26.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da786d',
    500: '#bf3936',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf3936;
$custom-light: #da786d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf3936",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.314,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54302,
    "c": 0.1713,
    "h": 26
  },
  "luminance": 0.14269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF3936

secondary

#87C9CA

accent

#DCDF49

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160907

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF3936

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

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