#BF3F38#BF3F38

#BF3F38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.165 H 27.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF3F38
RGB	rgb(191, 63, 56)
HSL	hsl(3, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(3, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67%, 70.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.52, 50.75, 32.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.52, 60.42, 32.87°)
OKLab	oklab(54.99% 0.1471 0.0752)
OKLCH	oklch(54.99% 0.165 27.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.9797, 14.9204, 5.3578)
Luminance	0.1492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF3F38 #38B8BF

analogous

#BF3874 #BF3F38 #BF8238

triadic

#BF3F38 #38BF3F #3F38BF

tetradic

#BF3F38 #74BF38 #38B8BF #8238BF

square

#BF3F38 #74BF38 #38B8BF #8238BF

split-complementary

#BF3F38 #38BF82 #3874BF

monochromatic

#60201C #902F2A #BF3F38 #D16963 #DF9692

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.27

#BF3F38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.98

#BF3F38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BF3F38

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF3F38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BF3F38	1.00	5.27	3.98	5.27
#FFFFFF	5.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#635A36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837634

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D21B3E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf3f38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 63, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.165 27.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da7b6f',
    500: '#bf3f38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf3f38;
$custom-light: #da7b6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf3f38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 63,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.111,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54987,
    "c": 0.16526,
    "h": 27.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF3F38

secondary

#89C7CA

accent

#D6DE4A

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#160A07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF3F38

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

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