#BB3551#BB3551

#BB3551 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.170 H 13.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB3551
RGB	rgb(187, 53, 81)
HSL	hsl(347, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(347, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.7%, 56.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.81, 54.91, 15.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.81, 57.02, 15.62°)
OKLab	oklab(53.72% 0.1656 0.0383)
OKLCH	oklch(53.72% 0.17 13)
XYZ	xyz(23.2540, 13.7083, 9.2045)
Luminance	0.1371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB3551 #35BB9F

analogous

#BB3594 #BB3551 #BB5C35

triadic

#BB3551 #51BB35 #3551BB

tetradic

#BB3551 #94BB35 #35BB9F #5C35BB

square

#BB3551 #94BB35 #35BB9F #5C35BB

split-complementary

#BB3551 #35BB5C #3594BB

monochromatic

#5C1A28 #8B273C #BB3551 #D15C75 #DE8C9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.61

#BB3551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.74

#BB3551 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB3551

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB3551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB3551	1.00	5.61	3.74	5.61
#FFFFFF	5.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#575651

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A724E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC1340

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb3551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 53, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.170 13.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67681',
    500: '#bb3551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb3551;
$custom-light: #d67681;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb3551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.463,
    "s": 55.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53716,
    "c": 0.17,
    "h": 13
  },
  "luminance": 0.13705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB3551

secondary

#83C9BA

accent

#DFC049

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEEE

border

#D5C9C9

text

#16090A

muted

#847B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB3551

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

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