#BB3C3E#BB3C3E

#BB3C3E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.163 H 23.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB3C3E
RGB	rgb(187, 60, 62)
HSL	hsl(359, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(359, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.9%, 66.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.44, 50.96, 27.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.44, 58.04, 28.60°)
OKLab	oklab(54.07% 0.1495 0.0653)
OKLCH	oklch(54.07% 0.163 23.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.9813, 14.1476, 6.0771)
Luminance	0.1414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB3C3E #3CBBB9

analogous

#BB3C7D #BB3C3E #BB793C

triadic

#BB3C3E #3EBB3C #3C3EBB

tetradic

#BB3C3E #7DBB3C #3CBBB9 #793CBB

square

#BB3C3E #7DBB3C #3CBBB9 #793CBB

split-complementary

#BB3C3E #3CBB79 #3C7DBB

monochromatic

#5E1E1F #8D2D2F #BB3C3E #CE6668 #DD9596

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.48

#BB3C3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.83

#BB3C3E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB3C3E

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB3C3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB3C3E	1.00	5.48	3.83	5.48
#FFFFFF	5.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F583D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F733A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD1A3E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb3c3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 60, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.163 23.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77973',
    500: '#bb3c3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb3c3e;
$custom-light: #d77973;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb3c3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.055,
    "s": 51.417,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54072,
    "c": 0.16316,
    "h": 23.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB3C3E

secondary

#8BC8C7

accent

#DBD94D

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB3C3E

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

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