#BB3B46#BB3B46

#BB3B46 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.164 H 19.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB3B46
RGB	rgb(187, 59, 70)
HSL	hsl(355, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(355, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.4%, 62.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.43, 51.85, 22.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.43, 56.69, 23.86°)
OKLab	oklab(54.11% 0.1539 0.0552)
OKLCH	oklch(54.11% 0.164 19.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.1653, 14.1382, 7.3023)
Luminance	0.1414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB3B46 #3BBBB0

analogous

#BB3B86 #BB3B46 #BB703B

triadic

#BB3B46 #46BB3B #3B46BB

tetradic

#BB3B46 #86BB3B #3BBBB0 #703BBB

square

#BB3B46 #86BB3B #3BBBB0 #703BBB

split-complementary

#BB3B46 #3BBB70 #3B86BB

monochromatic

#5E1E23 #8C2C35 #BB3B46 #CE656E #DD939A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.49

#BB3B46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.83

#BB3B46 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB3B46

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB3B46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB3B46	1.00	5.49	3.83	5.49
#FFFFFF	5.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D5846

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7343

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD1B40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb3b46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 59, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.164 19.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67979',
    500: '#bb3b46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb3b46;
$custom-light: #d67979;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb3b46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.844,
    "s": 52.033,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54106,
    "c": 0.16353,
    "h": 19.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB3B46

secondary

#8AC8C3

accent

#DBCF4C

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB3B46

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

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