#BB3A48#BB3A48

#BB3A48 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.165 H 18.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB3A48
RGB	rgb(187, 58, 72)
HSL	hsl(353, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(353, 69%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69%, 61.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.32, 52.37, 21.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.32, 56.64, 22.39°)
OKLab	oklab(54.04% 0.156 0.0523)
OKLCH	oklch(54.04% 0.165 18.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.1786, 14.0620, 7.6234)
Luminance	0.1406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB3A48 #3ABBAD

analogous

#BB3A89 #BB3A48 #BB6C3A

triadic

#BB3A48 #48BB3A #3A48BB

tetradic

#BB3A48 #89BB3A #3ABBAD #6C3ABB

square

#BB3A48 #89BB3A #3ABBAD #6C3ABB

split-complementary

#BB3A48 #3ABB6C #3A89BB

monochromatic

#5E1D24 #8C2C36 #BB3A48 #CF636F #DD929A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.51

#BB3A48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.81

#BB3A48 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB3A48

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB3A48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB3A48	1.00	5.51	3.81	5.51
#FFFFFF	5.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C5848

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7345

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD1940

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb3a48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 58, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.165 18.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6787a',
    500: '#bb3a48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb3a48;
$custom-light: #d6787a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb3a48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.488,
    "s": 52.653,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54036,
    "c": 0.16451,
    "h": 18.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB3A48

secondary

#88C8C1

accent

#DCCC4C

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160909

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB3A48

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

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