#BB3848#BB3848

#BB3848 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.167 H 18.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB3848
RGB	rgb(187, 56, 72)
HSL	hsl(353, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(353, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.1%, 61.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.04, 53.15, 21.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.04, 57.23, 21.74°)
OKLab	oklab(53.83% 0.1585 0.0514)
OKLCH	oklch(53.83% 0.167 18)
XYZ	xyz(23.0797, 13.8643, 7.5904)
Luminance	0.1386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB3848 #38BBAB

analogous

#BB3889 #BB3848 #BB6A38

triadic

#BB3848 #48BB38 #3848BB

tetradic

#BB3848 #89BB38 #38BBAB #6A38BB

square

#BB3848 #89BB38 #38BBAB #6A38BB

split-complementary

#BB3848 #38BB6A #3889BB

monochromatic

#5D1C24 #8C2A36 #BB3848 #D0616E #DE9099

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.57

#BB3848 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.77

#BB3848 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB3848

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB3848	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB3848	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)

#5B5748

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7244

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD153F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb3848;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 56, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.167 18.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6777a',
    500: '#bb3848',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb3848;
$custom-light: #d6777a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb3848",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.672,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53825,
    "c": 0.1666,
    "h": 18
  },
  "luminance": 0.13861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB3848

secondary

#86C8C0

accent

#DDCB4B

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160909

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB3848

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

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