#BB3951#BB3951

#BB3951 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.166 H 14.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB3951
RGB	rgb(187, 57, 81)
HSL	hsl(349, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(349, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.5%, 56.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.36, 53.40, 16.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.36, 55.77, 16.77°)
OKLab	oklab(54.12% 0.1608 0.0401)
OKLCH	oklch(54.12% 0.166 14)
XYZ	xyz(23.4440, 14.0884, 9.2678)
Luminance	0.1409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB3951 #39BBA3

analogous

#BB3992 #BB3951 #BB6239

triadic

#BB3951 #51BB39 #3951BB

tetradic

#BB3951 #92BB39 #39BBA3 #6239BB

square

#BB3951 #92BB39 #39BBA3 #6239BB

split-complementary

#BB3951 #39BB62 #3992BB

monochromatic

#5D1C28 #8C2B3D #BB3951 #CF6276 #DD919F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.50

#BB3951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.82

#BB3951 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB3951

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB3951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB3951	1.00	5.50	3.82	5.50
#FFFFFF	5.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A5851

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B734E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC1B43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb3951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 57, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.166 14.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67881',
    500: '#bb3951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb3951;
$custom-light: #d67881;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb3951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.923,
    "s": 53.279,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54123,
    "c": 0.16571,
    "h": 14
  },
  "luminance": 0.14085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB3951

secondary

#87C8BC

accent

#DDC24B

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEEE

border

#D5C9C9

text

#15090A

muted

#847B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB3951

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

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