#BB2D24#BB2D24

#BB2D24 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 52.2% C 0.180 H 28.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB2D24
RGB	rgb(187, 45, 36)
HSL	hsl(4, 68%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(4, 81%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.9%, 80.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.11, 55.36, 40.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.11, 68.37, 35.93°)
OKLab	oklab(52.23% 0.158 0.0864)
OKLCH	oklch(52.23% 0.18 28.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.7530, 12.5724, 2.9501)
Luminance	0.1257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB2D24 #24B2BB

analogous

#BB2466 #BB2D24 #BB7824

triadic

#BB2D24 #24BB2D #2D24BB

tetradic

#BB2D24 #66BB24 #24B2BB #7824BB

square

#BB2D24 #66BB24 #24B2BB #7824BB

split-complementary

#BB2D24 #24BB78 #2466BB

monochromatic

#541410 #88211A #BB2D24 #DB4B42 #E47C75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.98

#BB2D24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.51

#BB2D24 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB2D24

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB2D24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB2D24	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)

#595021

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C6F1D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE002D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb2d24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 45, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.2% 0.180 28.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d97260',
    500: '#bb2d24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb2d24;
$custom-light: #d97260;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb2d24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.576,
    "s": 67.713,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52227,
    "c": 0.18005,
    "h": 28.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB2D24

secondary

#6FC6CC

accent

#E0EB3D

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FDEDE9

border

#D5C8C5

text

#170905

muted

#857B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB2D24

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

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