#BF3A42#BF3A42

#BF3A42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.169 H 21.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF3A42
RGB	rgb(191, 58, 66)
HSL	hsl(356, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(356, 70%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.6%, 65.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.94, 53.29, 26.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.94, 59.36, 26.14°)
OKLab	oklab(54.6% 0.1572 0.062)
OKLCH	oklch(54.6% 0.169 21.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.9848, 14.4993, 6.6889)
Luminance	0.1450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF3A42 #3ABFB7

analogous

#BF3A85 #BF3A42 #BF753A

triadic

#BF3A42 #42BF3A #3A42BF

tetradic

#BF3A42 #85BF3A #3ABFB7 #753ABF

square

#BF3A42 #85BF3A #3ABFB7 #753ABF

split-complementary

#BF3A42 #3ABF75 #3A85BF

monochromatic

#611D22 #902C32 #BF3A42 #D0666C #DF9599

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.39

#BF3A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.90

#BF3A42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BF3A42

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF3A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BF3A42	1.00	5.39	3.90	5.39
#FFFFFF	5.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E5841

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80753E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2133E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf3a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 58, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.169 21.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da7976',
    500: '#bf3a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf3a42;
$custom-light: #da7976;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf3a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.391,
    "s": 53.414,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54598,
    "c": 0.169,
    "h": 21.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF3A42

secondary

#8BCAC6

accent

#DDD44B

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF3A42

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

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