#BB383B#BB383B

#BB383B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 53.6% C 0.167 H 23.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB383B
RGB	rgb(187, 56, 59)
HSL	hsl(359, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(359, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.1%, 68.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.82, 52.38, 28.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.82, 59.78, 28.81°)
OKLab	oklab(53.59% 0.1534 0.0671)
OKLCH	oklch(53.59% 0.167 23.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.6995, 13.7122, 5.5883)
Luminance	0.1371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB383B #38BBB8

analogous

#BB387C #BB383B #BB7638

triadic

#BB383B #3BBB38 #383BBB

tetradic

#BB383B #7CBB38 #38BBB8 #7638BB

square

#BB383B #7CBB38 #38BBB8 #7638BB

split-complementary

#BB383B #38BB76 #387CBB

monochromatic

#5D1C1D #8C2A2C #BB383B #D06163 #DE9092

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.61

#BB383B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.74

#BB383B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB383B

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB383B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB383B	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)

#5D563A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7237

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD0E3A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb383b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 56, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.6% 0.167 23.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77771',
    500: '#bb383b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb383b;
$custom-light: #d77771;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb383b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.626,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53589,
    "c": 0.16747,
    "h": 23.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB383B

secondary

#86C8C7

accent

#DDDA4B

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#160907

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB383B

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

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