#BB2F24#BB2F24

#BB2F24 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 52.4% C 0.178 H 29.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB2F24
RGB	rgb(187, 47, 36)
HSL	hsl(4, 68%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(4, 81%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.9%, 80.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.35, 54.69, 40.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.35, 67.97, 36.43°)
OKLab	oklab(52.41% 0.1559 0.0869)
OKLCH	oklch(52.41% 0.178 29.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.8311, 12.7286, 2.9761)
Luminance	0.1273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB2F24 #24B0BB

analogous

#BB2464 #BB2F24 #BB7A24

triadic

#BB2F24 #24BB2F #2F24BB

tetradic

#BB2F24 #64BB24 #24B0BB #7A24BB

square

#BB2F24 #64BB24 #24B0BB #7A24BB

split-complementary

#BB2F24 #24BB7A #2464BB

monochromatic

#541510 #88221A #BB2F24 #DB4D42 #E47D75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.92

#BB2F24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.55

#BB2F24 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB2F24

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB2F24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB2F24	1.00	5.92	3.55	5.92
#FFFFFF	5.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A5021

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C6F1D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE002E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb2f24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 47, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.4% 0.178 29.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d97260',
    500: '#bb2f24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb2f24;
$custom-light: #d97260;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb2f24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.371,
    "s": 67.713,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52406,
    "c": 0.17847,
    "h": 29.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB2F24

secondary

#6FC5CC

accent

#DEEB3D

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FDEDE9

border

#D5C8C5

text

#170905

muted

#857B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB2F24

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

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