#BB3842#BB3842

#BB3842 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.167 H 20.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB3842
RGB	rgb(187, 56, 66)
HSL	hsl(355, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(355, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.1%, 64.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.93, 52.78, 24.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.93, 58.28, 25.10°)
OKLab	oklab(53.71% 0.1561 0.0589)
OKLCH	oklch(53.71% 0.167 20.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.8934, 13.7898, 6.6094)
Luminance	0.1379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB3842 #38BBB1

analogous

#BB3883 #BB3842 #BB7038

triadic

#BB3842 #42BB38 #3842BB

tetradic

#BB3842 #83BB38 #38BBB1 #7038BB

square

#BB3842 #83BB38 #38BBB1 #7038BB

split-complementary

#BB3842 #38BB70 #3883BB

monochromatic

#5D1C21 #8C2A31 #BB3842 #D06169 #DE9096

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.59

#BB3842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.76

#BB3842 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB3842

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB3842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB3842	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)

#5C5641

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D723E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD123D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb3842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 56, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.167 20.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77776',
    500: '#bb3842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb3842;
$custom-light: #d77776;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb3842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.42,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53709,
    "c": 0.16686,
    "h": 20.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB3842

secondary

#86C8C3

accent

#DDD24B

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160908

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB3842

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

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