#BB393B#BB393B

#BB393B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.166 H 23.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB393B
RGB	rgb(187, 57, 59)
HSL	hsl(359, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(359, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.5%, 68.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.96, 51.99, 28.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.96, 59.52, 29.14°)
OKLab	oklab(53.7% 0.1522 0.0675)
OKLCH	oklch(53.7% 0.166 23.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.7485, 13.8101, 5.6046)
Luminance	0.1381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB393B #39BBB9

analogous

#BB397C #BB393B #BB7839

triadic

#BB393B #3BBB39 #393BBB

tetradic

#BB393B #7CBB39 #39BBB9 #7839BB

square

#BB393B #7CBB39 #39BBB9 #7839BB

split-complementary

#BB393B #39BB78 #397CBB

monochromatic

#5D1C1D #8C2B2C #BB393B #CF6264 #DD9192

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.58

#BB393B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.76

#BB393B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB393B

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB393B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB393B	1.00	5.58	3.76	5.58
#FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D563A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7237

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD113B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb393b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 57, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.166 23.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77871',
    500: '#bb393b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb393b;
$custom-light: #d77871;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb393b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.077,
    "s": 53.279,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53695,
    "c": 0.16649,
    "h": 23.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB393B

secondary

#87C8C7

accent

#DDDA4B

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#160907

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB393B

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

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