#BB2C24#BB2C24

#BB2C24 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 52.1% C 0.181 H 28.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB2C24
RGB	rgb(187, 44, 36)
HSL	hsl(3, 68%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(3, 81%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.5%, 80.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.00, 55.69, 40.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.00, 68.57, 35.70°)
OKLab	oklab(52.14% 0.159 0.0861)
OKLCH	oklch(52.14% 0.181 28.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.7153, 12.4970, 2.9375)
Luminance	0.1249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB2C24 #24B3BB

analogous

#BB2467 #BB2C24 #BB7724

triadic

#BB2C24 #24BB2C #2C24BB

tetradic

#BB2C24 #67BB24 #24B3BB #7724BB

square

#BB2C24 #67BB24 #24B3BB #7724BB

split-complementary

#BB2C24 #24BB77 #2467BB

monochromatic

#541410 #88201A #BB2C24 #DB4A42 #E47B75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.00

#BB2C24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.50

#BB2C24 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB2C24

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB2C24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB2C24	1.00	6.00	3.50	6.00
#FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#584F21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C6E1D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE002C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb2c24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 44, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.1% 0.181 28.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d97160',
    500: '#bb2c24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb2c24;
$custom-light: #d97160;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb2c24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.179,
    "s": 67.713,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5214,
    "c": 0.18082,
    "h": 28.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB2C24

secondary

#6FC7CC

accent

#E1EB3D

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FDEDE9

border

#D5C8C5

text

#170805

muted

#857B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB2C24

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

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