#BB3B22#BB3B22

#BB3B22 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 53.6% C 0.169 H 33.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#BB3B22
RGBrgb(187, 59, 34)
HSLhsl(10, 69%, 43%)
HSVhsv(10, 82%, 73%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 68.4%, 81.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LABlab(43.96, 50.15, 42.96)
CIE-LCHlch(43.96, 66.04, 40.58°)
OKLaboklab(53.6% 0.1414 0.0919)
OKLCHoklch(53.6% 0.169 33)
XYZxyz(22.3488, 13.8116, 3.0022)
Luminance0.1381 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#BB3B22 #22A2BB
analogous
#BB2255 #BB3B22 #BB8722
triadic
#BB3B22 #22BB3B #3B22BB
tetradic
#BB3B22 #55BB22 #22A2BB #8722BB
square
#BB3B22 #55BB22 #22A2BB #8722BB
split-complementary
#BB3B22 #22BB87 #2255BB
monochromatic
#531A0F #872B19 #BB3B22 #DC583E #E58572

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.58
#BB3B22 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.76
#BB3B22 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB3B22
5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##BB3B22#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##BB3B221.005.583.765.58
#FFFFFF5.581.0021.001.00
#0000003.7621.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.581.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#61561E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#80721C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#CE0D36
Achromatopsia (no color)
#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #bb3b22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 59, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.6% 0.169 33.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8785f',
    500: '#bb3b22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #bb3b22;
$custom-light: #d8785f;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#bb3b22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.804,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53604,
    "c": 0.16864,
    "h": 33
  },
  "luminance": 0.13808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#BB3B22
secondary
#6DBDCC
accent
#CFEC3C
background
#FEF7F5
surface
#FDEEE9
border
#D5C9C5
text
#160905
muted
#847B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB3B22

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

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#BB3B22 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva