#BB3C53#BB3C53

#BB3C53 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.162 H 13.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB3C53
RGB	rgb(187, 60, 83)
HSL	hsl(349, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(349, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.9%, 55.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.84, 52.37, 15.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.84, 54.61, 16.49°)
OKLab	oklab(54.49% 0.1578 0.0388)
OKLCH	oklch(54.49% 0.162 13.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.6729, 14.4242, 9.7195)
Luminance	0.1442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB3C53 #3CBBA4

analogous

#BB3C92 #BB3C53 #BB643C

triadic

#BB3C53 #53BB3C #3C53BB

tetradic

#BB3C53 #92BB3C #3CBBA4 #643CBB

square

#BB3C53 #92BB3C #3CBBA4 #643CBB

split-complementary

#BB3C53 #3CBB64 #3C92BB

monochromatic

#5E1E2A #8D2D3E #BB3C53 #CE6679 #DD95A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.41

#BB3C53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.88

#BB3C53 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB3C53

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB3C53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB3C53	1.00	5.41	3.88	5.41
#FFFFFF	5.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B5953

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7450

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC2245

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb3c53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 60, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.162 13.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67a83',
    500: '#bb3c53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb3c53;
$custom-light: #d67a83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb3c53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.134,
    "s": 51.417,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54491,
    "c": 0.16248,
    "h": 13.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB3C53

secondary

#8BC8BD

accent

#DBC14D

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEEEE

border

#D4C9C9

text

#150A0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB3C53

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →