#BF3B38#BF3B38

#BF3B38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.169 H 25.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF3B38
RGB	rgb(191, 59, 56)
HSL	hsl(1, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(1, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.1%, 70.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.93, 52.36, 32.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.93, 61.41, 31.50°)
OKLab	oklab(54.54% 0.1522 0.0737)
OKLCH	oklch(54.54% 0.169 25.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.7662, 14.4933, 5.2867)
Luminance	0.1449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF3B38 #38BCBF

analogous

#BF3878 #BF3B38 #BF7E38

triadic

#BF3B38 #38BF3B #3B38BF

tetradic

#BF3B38 #78BF38 #38BCBF #7E38BF

square

#BF3B38 #78BF38 #38BCBF #7E38BF

split-complementary

#BF3B38 #38BF7E #3878BF

monochromatic

#601E1C #902C2A #BF3B38 #D16563 #DF9492

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.39

#BF3B38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.90

#BF3B38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BF3B38

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF3B38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BF3B38	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)

#605836

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817534

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2113C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf3b38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 59, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.169 25.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da796f',
    500: '#bf3b38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf3b38;
$custom-light: #da796f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf3b38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.333,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54543,
    "c": 0.16913,
    "h": 25.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF3B38

secondary

#89C9CA

accent

#DBDE4A

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#160A07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF3B38

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

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