#BB3C38#BB3C38

#BB3C38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.164 H 26.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB3C38
RGB	rgb(187, 60, 56)
HSL	hsl(2, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(2, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.9%, 70.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.35, 50.64, 31.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.35, 59.49, 31.67°)
OKLab	oklab(53.98% 0.1473 0.072)
OKLCH	oklch(53.98% 0.164 26.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.8256, 14.0853, 5.2574)
Luminance	0.1408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB3C38 #38B7BB

analogous

#BB3876 #BB3C38 #BB7D38

triadic

#BB3C38 #38BB3C #3C38BB

tetradic

#BB3C38 #76BB38 #38B7BB #7D38BB

square

#BB3C38 #76BB38 #38B7BB #7D38BB

split-complementary

#BB3C38 #38BB7D #3876BB

monochromatic

#5D1E1C #8C2D2A #BB3C38 #D06461 #DE9290

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.50

#BB3C38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.82

#BB3C38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB3C38

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB3C38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB3C38	1.00	5.50	3.82	5.50
#FFFFFF	5.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5736

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7334

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD183C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb3c38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 60, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.164 26.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7796f',
    500: '#bb3c38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb3c38;
$custom-light: #d7796f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb3c38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.832,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53977,
    "c": 0.16393,
    "h": 26.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB3C38

secondary

#86C6C8

accent

#D9DD4B

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#160A07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB3C38

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

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