#BF3E38#BF3E38

#BF3E38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.148; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.166 H 26.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF3E38
RGB	rgb(191, 62, 56)
HSL	hsl(3, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(3, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.5%, 70.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.37, 51.16, 32.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.37, 60.67, 32.52°)
OKLab	oklab(54.87% 0.1484 0.0748)
OKLCH	oklch(54.87% 0.166 26.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.9249, 14.8106, 5.3396)
Luminance	0.1481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF3E38 #38B9BF

analogous

#BF3875 #BF3E38 #BF8138

triadic

#BF3E38 #38BF3E #3E38BF

tetradic

#BF3E38 #75BF38 #38B9BF #8138BF

square

#BF3E38 #75BF38 #38B9BF #8138BF

split-complementary

#BF3E38 #38BF81 #3875BF

monochromatic

#601F1C #902F2A #BF3E38 #D16863 #DF9692

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.30

#BF3E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.96

#BF3E38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BF3E38

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF3E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BF3E38	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)

#625A36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827634

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2193E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf3e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 62, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.166 26.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da7b6f',
    500: '#bf3e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf3e38;
$custom-light: #da7b6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf3e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.667,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54873,
    "c": 0.16623,
    "h": 26.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF3E38

secondary

#89C7CA

accent

#D7DE4A

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#160A07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF3E38

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

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