#BB2C29#BB2C29

#BB2C29 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 52.2% C 0.180 H 27.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB2C29
RGB	rgb(187, 44, 41)
HSL	hsl(1, 64%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(1, 78%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.5%, 78.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.05, 55.85, 37.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.05, 67.16, 33.73°)
OKLab	oklab(52.19% 0.1606 0.0818)
OKLCH	oklch(52.19% 0.18 27)
XYZ	xyz(21.7970, 12.5297, 3.3682)
Luminance	0.1253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB2C29 #29B8BB

analogous

#BB296F #BB2C29 #BB7529

triadic

#BB2C29 #29BB2C #2C29BB

tetradic

#BB2C29 #6FBB29 #29B8BB #7529BB

square

#BB2C29 #6FBB29 #29B8BB #7529BB

split-complementary

#BB2C29 #29BB75 #296FBB

monochromatic

#571413 #89201E #BB2C29 #D74D4A #E27E7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.99

#BB2C29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.51

#BB2C29 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB2C29

5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB2C29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB2C29	1.00	5.99	3.51	5.99
#FFFFFF	5.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.99	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: #bb2c29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 44, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.2% 0.180 27.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d97163',
    500: '#bb2c29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb2c29;
$custom-light: #d97163;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb2c29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.233,
    "s": 64.035,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52194,
    "c": 0.18018,
    "h": 27
  },
  "luminance": 0.12526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB2C29

secondary

#75C9CB

accent

#E4E741

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#170905

muted

#857B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB2C29

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

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