#BB2F40#BB2F40

#BB2F40 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 52.8% C 0.176 H 19.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB2F40
RGB	rgb(187, 47, 64)
HSL	hsl(353, 60%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(353, 75%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.9%, 65.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.72, 55.92, 24.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.72, 61.01, 23.59°)
OKLab	oklab(52.8% 0.1657 0.058)
OKLCH	oklch(52.8% 0.176 19.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.4379, 12.9713, 6.1717)
Luminance	0.1297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB2F40 #2FBBAA

analogous

#BB2F86 #BB2F40 #BB642F

triadic

#BB2F40 #40BB2F #2F40BB

tetradic

#BB2F40 #86BB2F #2FBBAA #642FBB

square

#BB2F40 #86BB2F #2FBBAA #642FBB

split-complementary

#BB2F40 #2FBB64 #2F86BB

monochromatic

#59161F #8A232F #BB2F40 #D45363 #E0848F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.84

#BB2F40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.59

#BB2F40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB2F40

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB2F40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB2F40	1.00	5.84	3.59	5.84
#FFFFFF	5.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#575240

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A703C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD0037

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb2f40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 47, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.8% 0.176 19.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77374',
    500: '#bb2f40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb2f40;
$custom-light: #d77374;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb2f40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.714,
    "s": 59.829,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52798,
    "c": 0.17556,
    "h": 19.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB2F40

secondary

#7CC9C0

accent

#E3D045

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEDED

border

#D5C8C8

text

#160908

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB2F40

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

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