#BB3C35#BB3C35

#BB3C35 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.164 H 27.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB3C35
RGB	rgb(187, 60, 53)
HSL	hsl(3, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(3, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.9%, 71.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.31, 50.49, 32.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.31, 60.28, 33.12°)
OKLab	oklab(53.93% 0.1462 0.0752)
OKLCH	oklch(53.93% 0.164 27.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.7545, 14.0569, 4.8826)
Luminance	0.1405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB3C35 #35B4BB

analogous

#BB3571 #BB3C35 #BB7F35

triadic

#BB3C35 #35BB3C #3C35BB

tetradic

#BB3C35 #71BB35 #35B4BB #7F35BB

square

#BB3C35 #71BB35 #35B4BB #7F35BB

split-complementary

#BB3C35 #35BB7F #3571BB

monochromatic

#5C1D1A #8B2D27 #BB3C35 #D1625C #DE908C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.51

#BB3C35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.81

#BB3C35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB3C35

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB3C35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB3C35	1.00	5.51	3.81	5.51
#FFFFFF	5.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#605733

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7331

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE173B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb3c35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 60, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.164 27.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7796c',
    500: '#bb3c35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb3c35;
$custom-light: #d7796c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb3c35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.134,
    "s": 55.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53934,
    "c": 0.16438,
    "h": 27.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB3C35

secondary

#83C5C9

accent

#D7DF49

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160A07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB3C35

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

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