#BB2F20#BB2F20

#BB2F20 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 52.4% C 0.179 H 30.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB2F20
RGB	rgb(187, 47, 32)
HSL	hsl(6, 71%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(6, 83%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.9%, 82.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.32, 54.57, 42.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.32, 69.12, 37.86°)
OKLab	oklab(52.37% 0.1548 0.09)
OKLCH	oklch(52.37% 0.179 30.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.7734, 12.7056, 2.6722)
Luminance	0.1270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB2F20 #20ACBB

analogous

#BB205F #BB2F20 #BB7C20

triadic

#BB2F20 #20BB2F #2F20BB

tetradic

#BB2F20 #5FBB20 #20ACBB #7C20BB

square

#BB2F20 #5FBB20 #20ACBB #7C20BB

split-complementary

#BB2F20 #20BB7C #205FBB

monochromatic

#52150E #872217 #BB2F20 #DD4B3B #E67B6F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.93

#BB2F20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.54

#BB2F20 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB2F20

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB2F20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB2F20	1.00	5.93	3.54	5.93
#FFFFFF	5.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A501C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D6F18

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE002D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb2f20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 47, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.4% 0.179 30.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9725e',
    500: '#bb2f20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb2f20;
$custom-light: #d9725e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb2f20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.806,
    "s": 70.776,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52368,
    "c": 0.17903,
    "h": 30.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB2F20

secondary

#6AC3CD

accent

#DCEE3A

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FDEDE9

border

#D5C8C5

text

#170904

muted

#857B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB2F20

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

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