#BB3A22#BB3A22

#BB3A22 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.170 H 32.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB3A22
RGB	rgb(187, 58, 34)
HSL	hsl(9, 69%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(9, 82%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69%, 81.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.81, 50.56, 42.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.81, 66.25, 40.26°)
OKLab	oklab(53.49% 0.1426 0.0916)
OKLCH	oklch(53.49% 0.17 32.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.2979, 13.7098, 2.9852)
Luminance	0.1371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB3A22 #22A3BB

analogous

#BB2256 #BB3A22 #BB8622

triadic

#BB3A22 #22BB3A #3A22BB

tetradic

#BB3A22 #56BB22 #22A3BB #8622BB

square

#BB3A22 #56BB22 #22A3BB #8622BB

split-complementary

#BB3A22 #22BB86 #2256BB

monochromatic

#531A0F #872A19 #BB3A22 #DC573E #E58472

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.61

#BB3A22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.74

#BB3A22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB3A22

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB3A22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB3A22	1.00	5.61	3.74	5.61
#FFFFFF	5.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#60551E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80721C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE0936

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb3a22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 58, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.170 32.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9785f',
    500: '#bb3a22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb3a22;
$custom-light: #d9785f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb3a22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.412,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53494,
    "c": 0.16951,
    "h": 32.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB3A22

secondary

#6DBDCC

accent

#D0EC3C

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FDEEE9

border

#D5C9C5

text

#160905

muted

#847B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB3A22

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

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