#BB3950#BB3950

#BB3950 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.166 H 14.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB3950
RGB	rgb(187, 57, 80)
HSL	hsl(349, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(349, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.5%, 57.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.34, 53.33, 16.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.34, 55.87, 17.37°)
OKLab	oklab(54.1% 0.1604 0.0414)
OKLCH	oklch(54.1% 0.166 14.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.4068, 14.0735, 9.0718)
Luminance	0.1407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB3950 #39BBA4

analogous

#BB3991 #BB3950 #BB6339

triadic

#BB3950 #50BB39 #3950BB

tetradic

#BB3950 #91BB39 #39BBA4 #6339BB

square

#BB3950 #91BB39 #39BBA4 #6339BB

split-complementary

#BB3950 #39BB63 #3991BB

monochromatic

#5D1C28 #8C2B3C #BB3950 #CF6275 #DD919E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.51

#BB3950 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.81

#BB3950 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB3950

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB3950	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB3950	1.00	5.51	3.81	5.51
#FFFFFF	5.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A5850

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B734D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC1B42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb3950;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 57, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.166 14.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67880',
    500: '#bb3950',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb3950;
$custom-light: #d67880;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb3950",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.385,
    "s": 53.279,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.541,
    "c": 0.16565,
    "h": 14.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB3950

secondary

#87C8BD

accent

#DDC34B

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEEE

border

#D5C9C9

text

#16090A

muted

#847B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB3950

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

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