#BB2D31#BB2D31

#BB2D31 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 52.4% C 0.178 H 24.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB2D31
RGB	rgb(187, 45, 49)
HSL	hsl(358, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(358, 76%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.9%, 73.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.26, 55.84, 32.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.26, 64.81, 30.51°)
OKLab	oklab(52.38% 0.1622 0.0743)
OKLCH	oklch(52.38% 0.178 24.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.9888, 12.6667, 4.1923)
Luminance	0.1266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB2D31 #2DBBB7

analogous

#BB2D78 #BB2D31 #BB702D

triadic

#BB2D31 #31BB2D #2D31BB

tetradic

#BB2D31 #78BB2D #2DBBB7 #702DBB

square

#BB2D31 #78BB2D #2DBBB7 #702DBB

split-complementary

#BB2D31 #2DBB70 #2D78BB

monochromatic

#581517 #8A2124 #BB2D31 #D55054 #E18284

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.94

#BB2D31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.53

#BB2D31 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB2D31

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB2D31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB2D31	1.00	5.94	3.53	5.94
#FFFFFF	5.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#585030

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B6F2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE0030

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb2d31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 45, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.4% 0.178 24.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87269',
    500: '#bb2d31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb2d31;
$custom-light: #d87269;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb2d31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.31,
    "s": 61.207,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52381,
    "c": 0.17842,
    "h": 24.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB2D31

secondary

#7ACAC8

accent

#E4E043

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160906

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB2D31

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

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