#BF3B51#BF3B51

#BF3B51 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.148; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.168 H 15.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF3B51
RGB	rgb(191, 59, 81)
HSL	hsl(350, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(350, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.1%, 57.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.36, 53.88, 17.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.36, 56.67, 18.06°)
OKLab	oklab(55% 0.1619 0.0435)
OKLCH	oklch(55% 0.168 15)
XYZ	xyz(24.5373, 14.8018, 9.3479)
Luminance	0.1480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF3B51 #3BBFA9

analogous

#BF3B93 #BF3B51 #BF673B

triadic

#BF3B51 #51BF3B #3B51BF

tetradic

#BF3B51 #93BF3B #3BBFA9 #673BBF

square

#BF3B51 #93BF3B #3BBFA9 #673BBF

split-complementary

#BF3B51 #3BBF67 #3B93BF

monochromatic

#611E29 #902D3D #BF3B51 #D06779 #DF96A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.30

#BF3B51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.96

#BF3B51 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BF3B51

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF3B51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BF3B51	1.00	5.30	3.96	5.30
#FFFFFF	5.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D5A51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E754E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D11D44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf3b51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 59, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.168 15.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d97a81',
    500: '#bf3b51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf3b51;
$custom-light: #d97a81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf3b51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55002,
    "c": 0.16761,
    "h": 15
  },
  "luminance": 0.14798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF3B51

secondary

#8CCAC0

accent

#DCC44C

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEEE

border

#D5C9C9

text

#160A0A

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF3B51

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

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