#BB3846#BB3846

#BB3846 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.167 H 18.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB3846
RGB	rgb(187, 56, 70)
HSL	hsl(354, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(354, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.1%, 62.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.00, 53.02, 22.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.00, 57.55, 22.88°)
OKLab	oklab(53.79% 0.1577 0.054)
OKLCH	oklch(53.79% 0.167 18.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.0155, 13.8386, 7.2524)
Luminance	0.1384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB3846 #38BBAD

analogous

#BB3887 #BB3846 #BB6C38

triadic

#BB3846 #46BB38 #3846BB

tetradic

#BB3846 #87BB38 #38BBAD #6C38BB

square

#BB3846 #87BB38 #38BBAD #6C38BB

split-complementary

#BB3846 #38BB6C #3887BB

monochromatic

#5D1C23 #8C2A34 #BB3846 #D0616C #DE9098

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.57

#BB3846 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.77

#BB3846 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB3846

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB3846	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB3846	1.00	5.57	3.77	5.57
#FFFFFF	5.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B5646

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7242

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD143E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb3846;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 56, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.167 18.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67779',
    500: '#bb3846',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb3846;
$custom-light: #d67779;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb3846",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.588,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53785,
    "c": 0.16665,
    "h": 18.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB3846

secondary

#86C8C1

accent

#DDCE4B

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160909

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB3846

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

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