#BB3A36#BB3A36

#BB3A36 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.166 H 26.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB3A36
RGB	rgb(187, 58, 54)
HSL	hsl(2, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(2, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69%, 71.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.03, 51.34, 32.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.03, 60.51, 31.95°)
OKLab	oklab(53.73% 0.1491 0.0734)
OKLCH	oklch(53.73% 0.166 26.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.6749, 13.8606, 4.9707)
Luminance	0.1386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB3A36 #36B7BB

analogous

#BB3674 #BB3A36 #BB7D36

triadic

#BB3A36 #36BB3A #3A36BB

tetradic

#BB3A36 #74BB36 #36B7BB #7D36BB

square

#BB3A36 #74BB36 #36B7BB #7D36BB

split-complementary

#BB3A36 #36BB7D #3674BB

monochromatic

#5C1D1B #8C2B28 #BB3A36 #D0615E #DE908D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.57

#BB3A36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.77

#BB3A36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB3A36

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB3A36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB3A36	1.00	5.57	3.77	5.57
#FFFFFF	5.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E5634

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7232

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE123A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb3a36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 58, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.166 26.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7786d',
    500: '#bb3a36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb3a36;
$custom-light: #d7786d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb3a36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.805,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53727,
    "c": 0.16616,
    "h": 26.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB3A36

secondary

#84C7C9

accent

#DADF49

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160907

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB3A36

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

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