#BB2B29#BB2B29

#BB2B29 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 52.1% C 0.181 H 26.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB2B29
RGB	rgb(187, 43, 41)
HSL	hsl(1, 64%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(1, 78%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77%, 78.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.93, 56.17, 37.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.93, 67.36, 33.50°)
OKLab	oklab(52.11% 0.1616 0.0815)
OKLCH	oklch(52.11% 0.181 26.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.7602, 12.4561, 3.3559)
Luminance	0.1245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB2B29 #29B9BB

analogous

#BB2970 #BB2B29 #BB7429

triadic

#BB2B29 #29BB2B #2B29BB

tetradic

#BB2B29 #70BB29 #29B9BB #7429BB

square

#BB2B29 #70BB29 #29B9BB #7429BB

split-complementary

#BB2B29 #29BB74 #2970BB

monochromatic

#571413 #891F1E #BB2B29 #D74C4A #E27E7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.02

#BB2B29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.49

#BB2B29 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB2B29

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB2B29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB2B29	1.00	6.02	3.49	6.02
#FFFFFF	6.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#584F27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B6E23

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE002D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb2b29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 43, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.1% 0.181 26.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d97163',
    500: '#bb2b29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb2b29;
$custom-light: #d97163;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb2b29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.822,
    "s": 64.035,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52109,
    "c": 0.18095,
    "h": 26.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB2B29

secondary

#75C9CB

accent

#E5E741

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#170805

muted

#857B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB2B29

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →