#BB3957#BB3957

#BB3957 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.166 H 11.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB3957
RGB	rgb(187, 57, 87)
HSL	hsl(346, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(346, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.5%, 53.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.49, 53.87, 12.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.49, 55.31, 13.13°)
OKLab	oklab(54.27% 0.1631 0.0319)
OKLCH	oklch(54.27% 0.166 11)
XYZ	xyz(23.6791, 14.1824, 10.5055)
Luminance	0.1418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB3957 #39BB9D

analogous

#BB3998 #BB3957 #BB5C39

triadic

#BB3957 #57BB39 #3957BB

tetradic

#BB3957 #98BB39 #39BB9D #5C39BB

square

#BB3957 #98BB39 #39BB9D #5C39BB

split-complementary

#BB3957 #39BB5C #3998BB

monochromatic

#5D1C2B #8C2B41 #BB3957 #CF627B #DD91A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.47

#BB3957 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.84

#BB3957 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB3957

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB3957	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB3957	1.00	5.47	3.84	5.47
#FFFFFF	5.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#595857

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7354

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC1E45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb3957;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 57, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.166 11.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d57886',
    500: '#bb3957',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb3957;
$custom-light: #d57886;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb3957",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.154,
    "s": 53.279,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54266,
    "c": 0.16622,
    "h": 11
  },
  "luminance": 0.14179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB3957

secondary

#87C8B9

accent

#DDBB4B

background

#FDF7F8

surface

#FBEEEF

border

#D4C9CA

text

#150A0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB3957

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

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