#BB3B56#BB3B56

#BB3B56 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.164 H 12.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB3B56
RGB	rgb(187, 59, 86)
HSL	hsl(347, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(347, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.4%, 54%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.76, 53.00, 13.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.76, 54.71, 14.34°)
OKLab	oklab(54.45% 0.1602 0.0342)
OKLCH	oklch(54.45% 0.164 12)
XYZ	xyz(23.7393, 14.3678, 10.3255)
Luminance	0.1436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB3B56 #3BBBA0

analogous

#BB3B96 #BB3B56 #BB603B

triadic

#BB3B56 #56BB3B #3B56BB

tetradic

#BB3B56 #96BB3B #3BBBA0 #603BBB

square

#BB3B56 #96BB3B #3BBBA0 #603BBB

split-complementary

#BB3B56 #3BBB60 #3B96BB

monochromatic

#5E1E2B #8C2C41 #BB3B56 #CE657B #DD93A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.42

#BB3B56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.87

#BB3B56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB3B56

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB3B56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB3B56	1.00	5.42	3.87	5.42
#FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A5956

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7353

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC2146

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb3b56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 59, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.164 12.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d57985',
    500: '#bb3b56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb3b56;
$custom-light: #d57985;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb3b56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.344,
    "s": 52.033,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54454,
    "c": 0.16384,
    "h": 12
  },
  "luminance": 0.14365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB3B56

secondary

#8AC8BB

accent

#DBBD4C

background

#FDF7F8

surface

#FBEEEF

border

#D4C9CA

text

#150A0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB3B56

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

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