#BF3A49#BF3A49

#BF3A49 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.169 H 18.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF3A49
RGB	rgb(191, 58, 73)
HSL	hsl(353, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(353, 70%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.6%, 61.8%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.06, 53.72, 22.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.06, 58.07, 22.33°)
OKLab	oklab(54.73% 0.16 0.0534)
OKLCH	oklch(54.73% 0.169 18.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.2039, 14.5869, 7.8431)
Luminance	0.1458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF3A49 #3ABFB0

analogous

#BF3A8C #BF3A49 #BF6E3A

triadic

#BF3A49 #49BF3A #3A49BF

tetradic

#BF3A49 #8CBF3A #3ABFB0 #6E3ABF

square

#BF3A49 #8CBF3A #3ABFB0 #6E3ABF

split-complementary

#BF3A49 #3ABF6E #3A8CBF

monochromatic

#611D25 #902C37 #BF3A49 #D06672 #DF959D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.36

#BF3A49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.92

#BF3A49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BF3A49

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF3A49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BF3A49	1.00	5.36	3.92	5.36
#FFFFFF	5.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D5949

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7545

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D11740

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf3a49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 58, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.169 18.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9797b',
    500: '#bf3a49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf3a49;
$custom-light: #d9797b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf3a49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.233,
    "s": 53.414,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54729,
    "c": 0.16864,
    "h": 18.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF3A49

secondary

#8BCAC3

accent

#DDCC4B

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF3A49

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

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