#BB3233#BB3233

#BB3233 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 52.9% C 0.174 H 25.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB3233
RGB	rgb(187, 50, 51)
HSL	hsl(360, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(360, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.3%, 72.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.90, 54.22, 32.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.90, 63.19, 30.91°)
OKLab	oklab(52.87% 0.1575 0.0738)
OKLCH	oklch(52.87% 0.174 25.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.2342, 13.0884, 4.4869)
Luminance	0.1308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB3233 #32BBBA

analogous

#BB3278 #BB3233 #BB7632

triadic

#BB3233 #33BB32 #3233BB

tetradic

#BB3233 #78BB32 #32BBBA #7632BB

square

#BB3233 #78BB32 #32BBBA #7632BB

split-complementary

#BB3233 #32BB76 #3278BB

monochromatic

#5A1819 #8B2526 #BB3233 #D25859 #DF8889

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.81

#BB3233 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.62

#BB3233 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB3233

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB3233	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB3233	1.00	5.81	3.62	5.81
#FFFFFF	5.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A5232

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C702E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE0034

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb3233;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 50, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.9% 0.174 25.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8746b',
    500: '#bb3233',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb3233;
$custom-light: #d8746b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb3233",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.562,
    "s": 57.806,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52866,
    "c": 0.17394,
    "h": 25.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB3233

secondary

#80C9C9

accent

#E1E047

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160906

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB3233

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →