#BB3849#BB3849

#BB3849 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.167 H 17.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB3849
RGB	rgb(187, 56, 73)
HSL	hsl(352, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(352, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.1%, 61%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.06, 53.22, 20.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.06, 57.07, 21.17°)
OKLab	oklab(53.85% 0.1589 0.0502)
OKLCH	oklch(53.85% 0.167 17.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.1126, 13.8774, 7.7636)
Luminance	0.1387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB3849 #38BBAA

analogous

#BB388A #BB3849 #BB6938

triadic

#BB3849 #49BB38 #3849BB

tetradic

#BB3849 #8ABB38 #38BBAA #6938BB

square

#BB3849 #8ABB38 #38BBAA #6938BB

split-complementary

#BB3849 #38BB69 #388ABB

monochromatic

#5D1C24 #8C2A37 #BB3849 #D0616F #DE909A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.56

#BB3849 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.77

#BB3849 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB3849

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB3849	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB3849	1.00	5.56	3.77	5.56
#FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B5749

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7246

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD153F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb3849;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 56, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.167 17.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6777b',
    500: '#bb3849',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb3849;
$custom-light: #d6777b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb3849",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.214,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53845,
    "c": 0.16659,
    "h": 17.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB3849

secondary

#86C8C0

accent

#DDCA4B

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160909

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB3849

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

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