#BB3A33#BB3A33

#BB3A33 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.167 H 27.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB3A33
RGB	rgb(187, 58, 51)
HSL	hsl(3, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(3, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69%, 72.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.99, 51.20, 33.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.99, 61.31, 33.37°)
OKLab	oklab(53.69% 0.148 0.0765)
OKLCH	oklch(53.69% 0.167 27.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.6066, 13.8333, 4.6110)
Luminance	0.1383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB3A33 #33B4BB

analogous

#BB3370 #BB3A33 #BB7E33

triadic

#BB3A33 #33BB3A #3A33BB

tetradic

#BB3A33 #70BB33 #33B4BB #7E33BB

square

#BB3A33 #70BB33 #33B4BB #7E33BB

split-complementary

#BB3A33 #33BB7E #3370BB

monochromatic

#5B1C19 #8B2B26 #BB3A33 #D26059 #DF8E89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.58

#BB3A33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.77

#BB3A33 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB3A33

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB3A33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB3A33	1.00	5.58	3.77	5.58
#FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5631

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F722F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE103A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb3a33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 58, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.167 27.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8786b',
    500: '#bb3a33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb3a33;
$custom-light: #d8786b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb3a33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.088,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53685,
    "c": 0.16662,
    "h": 27.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.1383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB3A33

secondary

#81C5C9

accent

#D9E047

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160906

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB3A33

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

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