#BB3A40#BB3A40

#BB3A40 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.165 H 22.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB3A40
RGB	rgb(187, 58, 64)
HSL	hsl(357, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(357, 69%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69%, 65.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.18, 51.88, 26.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.18, 58.14, 26.84°)
OKLab	oklab(53.89% 0.1528 0.0621)
OKLCH	oklch(53.89% 0.165 22.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.9344, 13.9644, 6.3372)
Luminance	0.1396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB3A40 #3ABBB5

analogous

#BB3A81 #BB3A40 #BB743A

triadic

#BB3A40 #40BB3A #3A40BB

tetradic

#BB3A40 #81BB3A #3ABBB5 #743ABB

square

#BB3A40 #81BB3A #3ABBB5 #743ABB

split-complementary

#BB3A40 #3ABB74 #3A81BB

monochromatic

#5E1D20 #8C2C30 #BB3A40 #CF6368 #DD9296

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.54

#BB3A40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.79

#BB3A40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB3A40

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB3A40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB3A40	1.00	5.54	3.79	5.54
#FFFFFF	5.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D573F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E733C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD163D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb3a40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 58, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.165 22.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77874',
    500: '#bb3a40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb3a40;
$custom-light: #d77874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb3a40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.209,
    "s": 52.653,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53887,
    "c": 0.16498,
    "h": 22.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB3A40

secondary

#88C8C5

accent

#DCD54C

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160908

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB3A40

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

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