#BB3C39#BB3C39

#BB3C39 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.164 H 25.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB3C39
RGB	rgb(187, 60, 57)
HSL	hsl(1, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(1, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.9%, 69.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.37, 50.69, 30.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.37, 59.24, 31.17°)
OKLab	oklab(53.99% 0.1476 0.0709)
OKLCH	oklch(53.99% 0.164 25.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.8503, 14.0952, 5.3875)
Luminance	0.1409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB3C39 #39B8BB

analogous

#BB3977 #BB3C39 #BB7D39

triadic

#BB3C39 #39BB3C #3C39BB

tetradic

#BB3C39 #77BB39 #39B8BB #7D39BB

square

#BB3C39 #77BB39 #39B8BB #7D39BB

split-complementary

#BB3C39 #39BB7D #3977BB

monochromatic

#5D1E1C #8C2D2B #BB3C39 #CF6562 #DD9391

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.50

#BB3C39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.82

#BB3C39 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB3C39

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB3C39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB3C39	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)

#5F5838

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7335

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD183D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb3c39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 60, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.164 25.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7796f',
    500: '#bb3c39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb3c39;
$custom-light: #d7796f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb3c39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.385,
    "s": 53.279,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53992,
    "c": 0.16379,
    "h": 25.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB3C39

secondary

#87C7C8

accent

#D9DD4B

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#160A07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB3C39

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

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