#BB3C2C#BB3C2C

#BB3C2C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.166 H 30.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB3C2C
RGB	rgb(187, 60, 44)
HSL	hsl(7, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(7, 76%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.9%, 76.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.21, 50.10, 37.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.21, 62.83, 37.12°)
OKLab	oklab(53.82% 0.1431 0.084)
OKLCH	oklch(53.82% 0.166 30.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.5665, 13.9817, 3.8929)
Luminance	0.1398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB3C2C #2CABBB

analogous

#BB2C64 #BB3C2C #BB832C

triadic

#BB3C2C #2CBB3C #3C2CBB

tetradic

#BB3C2C #64BB2C #2CABBB #832CBB

square

#BB3C2C #64BB2C #2CABBB #832CBB

split-complementary

#BB3C2C #2CBB83 #2C64BB

monochromatic

#581C15 #892C20 #BB3C2C #D65E4F #E18B80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.53

#BB3C2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.80

#BB3C2C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB3C2C

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB3C2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB3C2C	1.00	5.53	3.80	5.53
#FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#605729

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807327

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE1439

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb3c2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 60, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.166 30.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87966',
    500: '#bb3c2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb3c2c;
$custom-light: #d87966;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb3c2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.713,
    "s": 61.905,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53819,
    "c": 0.16593,
    "h": 30.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB3C2C

secondary

#79C1CA

accent

#D3E543

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160906

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB3C2C

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

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