#BB3A43#BB3A43

#BB3A43 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.165 H 20.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB3A43
RGB	rgb(187, 58, 67)
HSL	hsl(356, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(356, 69%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69%, 64.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.23, 52.06, 24.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.23, 57.53, 25.21°)
OKLab	oklab(53.94% 0.154 0.0585)
OKLCH	oklch(53.94% 0.165 20.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.0220, 13.9994, 6.7990)
Luminance	0.1400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB3A43 #3ABBB2

analogous

#BB3A83 #BB3A43 #BB713A

triadic

#BB3A43 #43BB3A #3A43BB

tetradic

#BB3A43 #83BB3A #3ABBB2 #713ABB

square

#BB3A43 #83BB3A #3ABBB2 #713ABB

split-complementary

#BB3A43 #3ABB71 #3A83BB

monochromatic

#5E1D22 #8C2C32 #BB3A43 #CF636B #DD9297

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.53

#BB3A43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.80

#BB3A43 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB3A43

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB3A43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB3A43	1.00	5.53	3.80	5.53
#FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D5742

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D733F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD173E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb3a43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 58, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.165 20.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77877',
    500: '#bb3a43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb3a43;
$custom-light: #d77877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb3a43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.814,
    "s": 52.653,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53941,
    "c": 0.16475,
    "h": 20.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB3A43

secondary

#88C8C4

accent

#DCD24C

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160908

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB3A43

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

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