#BB2A49#BB2A49

#BB2A49 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 52.6% C 0.180 H 14.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB2A49
RGB	rgb(187, 42, 73)
HSL	hsl(347, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(347, 78%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.5%, 61%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.32, 58.06, 18.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.32, 60.88, 17.50°)
OKLab	oklab(52.55% 0.1744 0.0448)
OKLCH	oklch(52.55% 0.18 14.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.5264, 12.7051, 7.5682)
Luminance	0.1270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB2A49 #2ABB9C

analogous

#BB2A92 #BB2A49 #BB532A

triadic

#BB2A49 #49BB2A #2A49BB

tetradic

#BB2A49 #92BB2A #2ABB9C #532ABB

square

#BB2A49 #92BB2A #2ABB9C #532ABB

split-complementary

#BB2A49 #2ABB53 #2A92BB

monochromatic

#571422 #891F35 #BB2A49 #D74C69 #E27D93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.93

#BB2A49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.54

#BB2A49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB2A49

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB2A49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB2A49	1.00	5.93	3.54	5.93
#FFFFFF	5.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#535149

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786F45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD0037

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb2a49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 42, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.6% 0.180 14.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7717b',
    500: '#bb2a49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb2a49;
$custom-light: #d7717b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb2a49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.172,
    "s": 63.319,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52552,
    "c": 0.18006,
    "h": 14.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB2A49

secondary

#76CAB8

accent

#E6C341

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEDED

border

#D5C8C8

text

#160909

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB2A49

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

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