#BB2E21#BB2E21

#BB2E21 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 52.3% C 0.180 H 29.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB2E21
RGB	rgb(187, 46, 33)
HSL	hsl(5, 70%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(5, 82%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.4%, 82.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.20, 54.94, 41.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.20, 69.03, 37.27°)
OKLab	oklab(52.29% 0.1561 0.089)
OKLCH	oklch(52.29% 0.18 29.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.7477, 12.6320, 2.7317)
Luminance	0.1263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB2E21 #21AEBB

analogous

#BB2161 #BB2E21 #BB7B21

triadic

#BB2E21 #21BB2E #2E21BB

tetradic

#BB2E21 #61BB21 #21AEBB #7B21BB

square

#BB2E21 #61BB21 #21AEBB #7B21BB

split-complementary

#BB2E21 #21BB7B #2161BB

monochromatic

#53140F #872118 #BB2E21 #DD4A3D #E67A71

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.96

#BB2E21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.53

#BB2E21 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB2E21

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB2E21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB2E21	1.00	5.96	3.53	5.96
#FFFFFF	5.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A501E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C6F1A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE002D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb2e21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 46, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.3% 0.180 29.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9725e',
    500: '#bb2e21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb2e21;
$custom-light: #d9725e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb2e21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.065,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52287,
    "c": 0.17968,
    "h": 29.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB2E21

secondary

#6BC4CC

accent

#DEED3B

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FDEDE9

border

#D5C8C5

text

#170904

muted

#857B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB2E21

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

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