#BB3B35#BB3B35

#BB3B35 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.165 H 26.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB3B35
RGB	rgb(187, 59, 53)
HSL	hsl(3, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(3, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.4%, 71.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.17, 50.89, 32.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.17, 60.53, 32.77°)
OKLab	oklab(53.82% 0.1475 0.0748)
OKLCH	oklch(53.82% 0.165 26.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.7026, 13.9531, 4.8653)
Luminance	0.1395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB3B35 #35B5BB

analogous

#BB3572 #BB3B35 #BB7E35

triadic

#BB3B35 #35BB3B #3B35BB

tetradic

#BB3B35 #72BB35 #35B5BB #7E35BB

square

#BB3B35 #72BB35 #35B5BB #7E35BB

split-complementary

#BB3B35 #35BB7E #3572BB

monochromatic

#5C1D1A #8B2C27 #BB3B35 #D1625C #DE908C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.54

#BB3B35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.79

#BB3B35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB3B35

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB3B35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB3B35	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)

#5F5733

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7331

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE143B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb3b35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 59, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.165 26.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7796c',
    500: '#bb3b35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb3b35;
$custom-light: #d7796c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb3b35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.687,
    "s": 55.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53822,
    "c": 0.16535,
    "h": 26.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB3B35

secondary

#83C6C9

accent

#D8DF49

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160907

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB3B35

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

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