#BB2E42#BB2E42

#BB2E42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 52.7% C 0.176 H 18.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB2E42
RGB	rgb(187, 46, 66)
HSL	hsl(351, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(351, 75%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.4%, 64.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.64, 56.36, 23.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.64, 60.90, 22.27°)
OKLab	oklab(52.75% 0.1676 0.0552)
OKLCH	oklch(52.75% 0.176 18.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.4563, 12.9155, 6.4637)
Luminance	0.1291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB2E42 #2EBBA7

analogous

#BB2E89 #BB2E42 #BB602E

triadic

#BB2E42 #42BB2E #2E42BB

tetradic

#BB2E42 #89BB2E #2EBBA7 #602EBB

square

#BB2E42 #89BB2E #2EBBA7 #602EBB

split-complementary

#BB2E42 #2EBB60 #2E89BB

monochromatic

#59161F #8A2231 #BB2E42 #D45264 #E08390

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.86

#BB2E42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.58

#BB2E42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB2E42

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB2E42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB2E42	1.00	5.86	3.58	5.86
#FFFFFF	5.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#565242

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A6F3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD0037

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb2e42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 46, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.7% 0.176 18.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77376',
    500: '#bb2e42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb2e42;
$custom-light: #d77376;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb2e42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.489,
    "s": 60.515,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52747,
    "c": 0.17641,
    "h": 18.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB2E42

secondary

#7BCABE

accent

#E4CD44

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEDED

border

#D5C8C8

text

#160908

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB2E42

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

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