#BB3C42#BB3C42

#BB3C42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.163 H 21.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB3C42
RGB	rgb(187, 60, 66)
HSL	hsl(357, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(357, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.9%, 64.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.51, 51.19, 25.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.51, 57.17, 26.44°)
OKLab	oklab(54.14% 0.1511 0.0606)
OKLCH	oklch(54.14% 0.163 21.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.0951, 14.1931, 6.6766)
Luminance	0.1419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB3C42 #3CBBB5

analogous

#BB3C81 #BB3C42 #BB753C

triadic

#BB3C42 #42BB3C #3C42BB

tetradic

#BB3C42 #81BB3C #3CBBB5 #753CBB

square

#BB3C42 #81BB3C #3CBBB5 #753CBB

split-complementary

#BB3C42 #3CBB75 #3C81BB

monochromatic

#5E1E21 #8D2D32 #BB3C42 #CE666B #DD9598

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.47

#BB3C42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.84

#BB3C42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB3C42

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB3C42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB3C42	1.00	5.47	3.84	5.47
#FFFFFF	5.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E5841

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E733E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD1B3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb3c42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 60, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.163 21.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67976',
    500: '#bb3c42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb3c42;
$custom-light: #d67976;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb3c42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.165,
    "s": 51.417,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54142,
    "c": 0.16276,
    "h": 21.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB3C42

secondary

#8BC8C5

accent

#DBD44D

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB3C42

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

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