#BB3B51#BB3B51

#BB3B51 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.164 H 14.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB3B51
RGB	rgb(187, 59, 81)
HSL	hsl(350, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(350, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.4%, 56.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.65, 52.61, 16.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.65, 55.13, 17.39°)
OKLab	oklab(54.34% 0.1583 0.041)
OKLCH	oklch(54.34% 0.164 14.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.5449, 14.2900, 9.3014)
Luminance	0.1429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB3B51 #3BBBA5

analogous

#BB3B91 #BB3B51 #BB653B

triadic

#BB3B51 #51BB3B #3B51BB

tetradic

#BB3B51 #91BB3B #3BBBA5 #653BBB

square

#BB3B51 #91BB3B #3BBBA5 #653BBB

split-complementary

#BB3B51 #3BBB65 #3B91BB

monochromatic

#5E1E29 #8C2C3D #BB3B51 #CE6577 #DD93A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.44

#BB3B51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.86

#BB3B51 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB3B51

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB3B51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB3B51	1.00	5.44	3.86	5.44
#FFFFFF	5.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B5951

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C734E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC1F44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb3b51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 59, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.164 14.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67981',
    500: '#bb3b51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb3b51;
$custom-light: #d67981;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb3b51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.688,
    "s": 52.033,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54336,
    "c": 0.1635,
    "h": 14.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB3B51

secondary

#8AC8BD

accent

#DBC34C

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEEEE

border

#D4C9C9

text

#150A0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB3B51

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

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