#BB3841#BB3841

#BB3841 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.167 H 21.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB3841
RGB	rgb(187, 56, 65)
HSL	hsl(356, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(356, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.1%, 65.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.91, 52.72, 25.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.91, 58.48, 25.65°)
OKLab	oklab(53.69% 0.1557 0.0601)
OKLCH	oklch(53.69% 0.167 21.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.8642, 13.7781, 6.4555)
Luminance	0.1378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB3841 #38BBB2

analogous

#BB3882 #BB3841 #BB7138

triadic

#BB3841 #41BB38 #3841BB

tetradic

#BB3841 #82BB38 #38BBB2 #7138BB

square

#BB3841 #82BB38 #38BBB2 #7138BB

split-complementary

#BB3841 #38BB71 #3882BB

monochromatic

#5D1C20 #8C2A31 #BB3841 #D06168 #DE9095

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.59

#BB3841 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.76

#BB3841 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB3841

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB3841	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB3841	1.00	5.59	3.76	5.59
#FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C5640

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D723D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD113C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb3841;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 56, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.167 21.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77775',
    500: '#bb3841',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb3841;
$custom-light: #d77775;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb3841",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.878,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53691,
    "c": 0.16692,
    "h": 21.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB3841

secondary

#86C8C4

accent

#DDD34B

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160908

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB3841

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

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