#BB3C27#BB3C27

#BB3C27 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.167 H 32.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB3C27
RGB	rgb(187, 60, 39)
HSL	hsl(9, 65%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(9, 79%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.9%, 79.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.16, 49.91, 40.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.16, 64.32, 39.10°)
OKLab	oklab(53.76% 0.1416 0.0883)
OKLCH	oklch(53.76% 0.167 32)
XYZ	xyz(22.4782, 13.9464, 3.4274)
Luminance	0.1394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB3C27 #27A6BB

analogous

#BB275C #BB3C27 #BB8627

triadic

#BB3C27 #27BB3C #3C27BB

tetradic

#BB3C27 #5CBB27 #27A6BB #8627BB

square

#BB3C27 #5CBB27 #27A6BB #8627BB

split-complementary

#BB3C27 #27BB86 #275CBB

monochromatic

#561C12 #882C1C #BB3C27 #D95B47 #E38879

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.54

#BB3C27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.79

#BB3C27 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB3C27

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB3C27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB3C27	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)

#615724

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807322

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE1238

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb3c27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 60, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.167 32.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87963',
    500: '#bb3c27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb3c27;
$custom-light: #d87963;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb3c27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.514,
    "s": 65.487,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53764,
    "c": 0.16684,
    "h": 32
  },
  "luminance": 0.13943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB3C27

secondary

#73BECB

accent

#D0E83F

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FDEEEA

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160905

muted

#847B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB3C27

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

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