#BB383E#BB383E

#BB383E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 53.6% C 0.167 H 22.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB383E
RGB	rgb(187, 56, 62)
HSL	hsl(357, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(357, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.1%, 66.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.86, 52.55, 27.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.86, 59.11, 27.25°)
OKLab	oklab(53.64% 0.1546 0.0637)
OKLCH	oklch(53.64% 0.167 22.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.7796, 13.7443, 6.0099)
Luminance	0.1374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB383E #38BBB5

analogous

#BB387F #BB383E #BB7438

triadic

#BB383E #3EBB38 #383EBB

tetradic

#BB383E #7FBB38 #38BBB5 #7438BB

square

#BB383E #7FBB38 #38BBB5 #7438BB

split-complementary

#BB383E #38BB74 #387FBB

monochromatic

#5D1C1F #8C2A2E #BB383E #D06166 #DE9093

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.60

#BB383E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.75

#BB383E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB383E

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB383E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB383E	1.00	5.60	3.75	5.60
#FFFFFF	5.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C563D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D723A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD0F3B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb383e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 56, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.6% 0.167 22.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77773',
    500: '#bb383e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb383e;
$custom-light: #d77773;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb383e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.252,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53639,
    "c": 0.16716,
    "h": 22.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB383E

secondary

#86C8C5

accent

#DDD74B

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#160908

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB383E

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

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