#BF3942#BF3942

#BF3942 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.170 H 21.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF3942
RGB	rgb(191, 57, 66)
HSL	hsl(356, 54%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(356, 70%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.2%, 65.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.80, 53.67, 25.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.80, 59.63, 25.83°)
OKLab	oklab(54.49% 0.1585 0.0616)
OKLCH	oklch(54.49% 0.17 21.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.9349, 14.3994, 6.6722)
Luminance	0.1440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF3942 #39BFB6

analogous

#BF3985 #BF3942 #BF7339

triadic

#BF3942 #42BF39 #3942BF

tetradic

#BF3942 #85BF39 #39BFB6 #7339BF

square

#BF3942 #85BF39 #39BFB6 #7339BF

split-complementary

#BF3942 #39BF73 #3985BF

monochromatic

#611D21 #902B32 #BF3942 #D1646C #DF9399

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.41

#BF3942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.88

#BF3942 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BF3942

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF3942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BF3942	1.00	5.41	3.88	5.41
#FFFFFF	5.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E5841

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80743E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2103D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf3942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 57, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.170 21.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da7876',
    500: '#bf3942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf3942;
$custom-light: #da7876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf3942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.97,
    "s": 54.032,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54493,
    "c": 0.17,
    "h": 21.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF3942

secondary

#8ACAC6

accent

#DDD44A

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF3942

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

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