#BB2E20#BB2E20

#BB2E20 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 52.3% C 0.180 H 29.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB2E20
RGB	rgb(187, 46, 32)
HSL	hsl(5, 71%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(5, 83%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.4%, 82.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.20, 54.91, 42.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.20, 69.32, 37.62°)
OKLab	oklab(52.28% 0.1558 0.0897)
OKLCH	oklch(52.28% 0.18 29.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.7339, 12.6265, 2.6590)
Luminance	0.1262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB2E20 #20ADBB

analogous

#BB2060 #BB2E20 #BB7B20

triadic

#BB2E20 #20BB2E #2E20BB

tetradic

#BB2E20 #60BB20 #20ADBB #7B20BB

square

#BB2E20 #60BB20 #20ADBB #7B20BB

split-complementary

#BB2E20 #20BB7B #2060BB

monochromatic

#52140E #872117 #BB2E20 #DD493B #E67A6F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.96

#BB2E20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.52

#BB2E20 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB2E20

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB2E20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB2E20	1.00	5.96	3.52	5.96
#FFFFFF	5.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A501D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C6F18

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE002C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb2e20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 46, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.3% 0.180 29.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9725d',
    500: '#bb2e20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb2e20;
$custom-light: #d9725d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb2e20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.419,
    "s": 70.776,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52278,
    "c": 0.17982,
    "h": 29.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB2E20

secondary

#6AC4CD

accent

#DDEE3A

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FDEDE9

border

#D5C8C5

text

#170904

muted

#857B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB2E20

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

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