#BB3850#BB3850

#BB3850 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.167 H 14.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB3850
RGB	rgb(187, 56, 80)
HSL	hsl(349, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(349, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.1%, 57.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.20, 53.71, 16.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.20, 56.19, 17.07°)
OKLab	oklab(54% 0.1616 0.041)
OKLCH	oklch(54% 0.167 14.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.3579, 13.9756, 9.0554)
Luminance	0.1397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB3850 #38BBA3

analogous

#BB3891 #BB3850 #BB6238

triadic

#BB3850 #50BB38 #3850BB

tetradic

#BB3850 #91BB38 #38BBA3 #6238BB

square

#BB3850 #91BB38 #38BBA3 #6238BB

split-complementary

#BB3850 #38BB62 #3891BB

monochromatic

#5D1C28 #8C2A3C #BB3850 #D06175 #DE909E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.53

#BB3850 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.79

#BB3850 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB3850

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB3850	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB3850	1.00	5.53	3.79	5.53
#FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#595750

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B724D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC1942

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb3850;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 56, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.167 14.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67880',
    500: '#bb3850',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb3850;
$custom-light: #d67880;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb3850",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.008,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53996,
    "c": 0.16674,
    "h": 14.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB3850

secondary

#86C8BC

accent

#DDC24B

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEEE

border

#D5C9C9

text

#16090A

muted

#847B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB3850

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

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