#BB2C28#BB2C28

#BB2C28 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 52.2% C 0.180 H 27.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB2C28
RGB	rgb(187, 44, 40)
HSL	hsl(2, 65%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(2, 79%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.5%, 78.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.04, 55.82, 37.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.04, 67.44, 34.14°)
OKLab	oklab(52.18% 0.1602 0.0827)
OKLCH	oklch(52.18% 0.18 27.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.7798, 12.5228, 3.2774)
Luminance	0.1252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB2C28 #28B7BB

analogous

#BB286D #BB2C28 #BB7628

triadic

#BB2C28 #28BB2C #2C28BB

tetradic

#BB2C28 #6DBB28 #28B7BB #7628BB

square

#BB2C28 #6DBB28 #28B7BB #7628BB

split-complementary

#BB2C28 #28BB76 #286DBB

monochromatic

#561412 #89201D #BB2C28 #D84C48 #E37E7B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.99

#BB2C28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.50

#BB2C28 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB2C28

5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB2C28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB2C28	1.00	5.99	3.50	5.99
#FFFFFF	5.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#584F26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B6E22

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE002D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb2c28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 44, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.2% 0.180 27.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d97163',
    500: '#bb2c28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb2c28;
$custom-light: #d97163;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb2c28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.633,
    "s": 64.758,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52183,
    "c": 0.1803,
    "h": 27.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB2C28

secondary

#74C8CB

accent

#E3E840

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FDEDEA

border

#D5C8C6

text

#170805

muted

#857B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB2C28

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

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