#BB3835#BB3835

#BB3835 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.168 H 26.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB3835
RGB	rgb(187, 56, 53)
HSL	hsl(1, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(1, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.1%, 71.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.73, 52.08, 32.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.73, 61.26, 31.77°)
OKLab	oklab(53.5% 0.1512 0.0737)
OKLCH	oklch(53.5% 0.168 26)
XYZ	xyz(22.5528, 13.6535, 4.8153)
Luminance	0.1365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB3835 #35B8BB

analogous

#BB3575 #BB3835 #BB7B35

triadic

#BB3835 #35BB38 #3835BB

tetradic

#BB3835 #75BB35 #35B8BB #7B35BB

square

#BB3835 #75BB35 #35B8BB #7B35BB

split-complementary

#BB3835 #35BB7B #3575BB

monochromatic

#5C1B1A #8B2A27 #BB3835 #D15F5C #DE8E8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.63

#BB3835 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.73

#BB3835 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB3835

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB3835	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB3835	1.00	5.63	3.73	5.63
#FFFFFF	5.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D5533

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7231

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE0A39

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb3835;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 56, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.168 26.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7776c',
    500: '#bb3835',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb3835;
$custom-light: #d7776c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb3835",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.343,
    "s": 55.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53498,
    "c": 0.16821,
    "h": 26
  },
  "luminance": 0.1365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB3835

secondary

#83C7C9

accent

#DCDF49

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160907

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB3835

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

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