#BF3A38#BF3A38

#BF3A38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.170 H 25.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF3A38
RGB	rgb(191, 58, 56)
HSL	hsl(1, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(1, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.6%, 70.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.79, 52.75, 31.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.79, 61.66, 31.18°)
OKLab	oklab(54.44% 0.1535 0.0733)
OKLCH	oklch(54.44% 0.17 25.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.7153, 14.3915, 5.2697)
Luminance	0.1439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF3A38 #38BDBF

analogous

#BF3879 #BF3A38 #BF7D38

triadic

#BF3A38 #38BF3A #3A38BF

tetradic

#BF3A38 #79BF38 #38BDBF #7D38BF

square

#BF3A38 #79BF38 #38BDBF #7D38BF

split-complementary

#BF3A38 #38BF7D #3879BF

monochromatic

#601D1C #902C2A #BF3A38 #D16563 #DF9392

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.42

#BF3A38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.88

#BF3A38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BF3A38

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF3A38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BF3A38	1.00	5.42	3.88	5.42
#FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#605837

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817434

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D20E3B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf3a38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 58, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.170 25.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da796f',
    500: '#bf3a38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf3a38;
$custom-light: #da796f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf3a38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.889,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54436,
    "c": 0.17008,
    "h": 25.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF3A38

secondary

#89C9CA

accent

#DCDE4A

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#160A07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF3A38

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

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