#BB3B32#BB3B32

#BB3B32 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.166 H 28.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB3B32
RGB	rgb(187, 59, 50)
HSL	hsl(4, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(4, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.4%, 73.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.13, 50.76, 34.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.13, 61.34, 34.17°)
OKLab	oklab(53.78% 0.1464 0.0779)
OKLCH	oklch(53.78% 0.166 28)
XYZ	xyz(22.6357, 13.9263, 4.5131)
Luminance	0.1392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB3B32 #32B2BB

analogous

#BB326E #BB3B32 #BB8032

triadic

#BB3B32 #32BB3B #3B32BB

tetradic

#BB3B32 #6EBB32 #32B2BB #8032BB

square

#BB3B32 #6EBB32 #32B2BB #8032BB

split-complementary

#BB3B32 #32BB80 #326EBB

monochromatic

#5A1D18 #8B2C25 #BB3B32 #D26058 #DF8E88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.55

#BB3B32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.78

#BB3B32 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB3B32

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB3B32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB3B32	1.00	5.55	3.78	5.55
#FFFFFF	5.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5730

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F732E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE133A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb3b32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 59, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.166 28.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8786a',
    500: '#bb3b32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb3b32;
$custom-light: #d8786a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb3b32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.942,
    "s": 57.806,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53781,
    "c": 0.16583,
    "h": 28
  },
  "luminance": 0.13923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB3B32

secondary

#80C4C9

accent

#D7E147

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160906

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB3B32

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

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