#BB3E27#BB3E27

#BB3E27 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.165 H 32.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB3E27
RGB	rgb(187, 62, 39)
HSL	hsl(9, 65%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(9, 79%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.8%, 79.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.46, 49.08, 40.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.46, 63.88, 39.79°)
OKLab	oklab(53.99% 0.139 0.089)
OKLCH	oklch(53.99% 0.165 32.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.5849, 14.1599, 3.4630)
Luminance	0.1416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB3E27 #27A4BB

analogous

#BB275A #BB3E27 #BB8827

triadic

#BB3E27 #27BB3E #3E27BB

tetradic

#BB3E27 #5ABB27 #27A4BB #8827BB

square

#BB3E27 #5ABB27 #27A4BB #8827BB

split-complementary

#BB3E27 #27BB88 #275ABB

monochromatic

#561C12 #882D1C #BB3E27 #D95D47 #E38A79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.48

#BB3E27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.83

#BB3E27 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB3E27

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB3E27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB3E27	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)

#625823

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817322

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE183A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb3e27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 62, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.165 32.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87a63',
    500: '#bb3e27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb3e27;
$custom-light: #d87a63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb3e27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.324,
    "s": 65.487,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53994,
    "c": 0.16502,
    "h": 32.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB3E27

secondary

#73BDCB

accent

#CEE83F

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FDEEEA

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160A05

muted

#847C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB3E27

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

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