#BB2D20#BB2D20

#BB2D20 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 52.2% C 0.181 H 29.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB2D20
RGB	rgb(187, 45, 32)
HSL	hsl(5, 71%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(5, 83%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.9%, 82.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.08, 55.24, 42.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.08, 69.52, 37.38°)
OKLab	oklab(52.19% 0.1569 0.0895)
OKLCH	oklch(52.19% 0.181 29.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.6953, 12.5493, 2.6461)
Luminance	0.1255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB2D20 #20AEBB

analogous

#BB2061 #BB2D20 #BB7A20

triadic

#BB2D20 #20BB2D #2D20BB

tetradic

#BB2D20 #61BB20 #20AEBB #7A20BB

square

#BB2D20 #61BB20 #20AEBB #7A20BB

split-complementary

#BB2D20 #20BB7A #2061BB

monochromatic

#52140E #872017 #BB2D20 #DD483B #E6796F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.98

#BB2D20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.51

#BB2D20 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB2D20

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB2D20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB2D20	1.00	5.98	3.51	5.98
#FFFFFF	5.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#594F1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C6F18

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE002C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb2d20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 45, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.2% 0.181 29.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9725d',
    500: '#bb2d20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb2d20;
$custom-light: #d9725d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb2d20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.032,
    "s": 70.776,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52189,
    "c": 0.18059,
    "h": 29.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB2D20

secondary

#6AC4CD

accent

#DFEE3A

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FDEDE9

border

#D5C8C5

text

#170904

muted

#857B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB2D20

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

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