#BB3242#BB3242

#BB3242 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 53.1% C 0.173 H 19.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB3242
RGB	rgb(187, 50, 66)
HSL	hsl(353, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(353, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.3%, 64.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.13, 55.00, 23.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.13, 59.89, 23.32°)
OKLab	oklab(53.11% 0.1632 0.0566)
OKLCH	oklch(53.11% 0.173 19.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.6199, 13.2427, 6.5182)
Luminance	0.1324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB3242 #32BBAB

analogous

#BB3287 #BB3242 #BB6732

triadic

#BB3242 #42BB32 #3242BB

tetradic

#BB3242 #87BB32 #32BBAB #6732BB

square

#BB3242 #87BB32 #32BBAB #6732BB

split-complementary

#BB3242 #32BB67 #3287BB

monochromatic

#5A1820 #8B2531 #BB3242 #D25866 #DF8892

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.76

#BB3242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.65

#BB3242 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB3242

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB3242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB3242	1.00	5.76	3.65	5.76
#FFFFFF	5.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#585342

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B703E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD0039

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb3242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 50, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.1% 0.173 19.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77476',
    500: '#bb3242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb3242;
$custom-light: #d77476;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb3242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.993,
    "s": 57.806,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53111,
    "c": 0.17271,
    "h": 19.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB3242

secondary

#80C9C0

accent

#E1CF47

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEDED

border

#D5C8C8

text

#160908

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB3242

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

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