#BF3C38#BF3C38

#BF3C38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.168 H 26.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF3C38
RGB	rgb(191, 60, 56)
HSL	hsl(2, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(2, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.6%, 70.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.08, 51.96, 32.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.08, 61.17, 31.83°)
OKLab	oklab(54.65% 0.151 0.0741)
OKLCH	oklch(54.65% 0.168 26.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.8181, 14.5971, 5.3040)
Luminance	0.1459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF3C38 #38BBBF

analogous

#BF3877 #BF3C38 #BF7F38

triadic

#BF3C38 #38BF3C #3C38BF

tetradic

#BF3C38 #77BF38 #38BBBF #7F38BF

square

#BF3C38 #77BF38 #38BBBF #7F38BF

split-complementary

#BF3C38 #38BF7F #3877BF

monochromatic

#601E1C #902D2A #BF3C38 #D16663 #DF9592

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.36

#BF3C38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.92

#BF3C38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BF3C38

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF3C38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BF3C38	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)

#615936

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817534

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2143C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf3c38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 60, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.168 26.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da7a6f',
    500: '#bf3c38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf3c38;
$custom-light: #da7a6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf3c38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.778,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54652,
    "c": 0.16816,
    "h": 26.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF3C38

secondary

#89C8CA

accent

#DADE4A

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#160A07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF3C38

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

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