#BB3E30#BB3E30

#BB3E30 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.163 H 29.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB3E30
RGB	rgb(187, 62, 48)
HSL	hsl(6, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(6, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.8%, 74.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.56, 49.44, 36.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.56, 61.20, 36.12°)
OKLab	oklab(54.1% 0.1419 0.0809)
OKLCH	oklch(54.1% 0.163 29.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.7521, 14.2268, 4.3437)
Luminance	0.1422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB3E30 #30ADBB

analogous

#BB3067 #BB3E30 #BB8330

triadic

#BB3E30 #30BB3E #3E30BB

tetradic

#BB3E30 #67BB30 #30ADBB #8330BB

square

#BB3E30 #67BB30 #30ADBB #8330BB

split-complementary

#BB3E30 #30BB83 #3067BB

monochromatic

#5A1E17 #8A2E23 #BB3E30 #D36255 #E08F86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.46

#BB3E30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.84

#BB3E30 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB3E30

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB3E30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB3E30	1.00	5.46	3.84	5.46
#FFFFFF	5.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#61582E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80732C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE1A3C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb3e30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 62, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.163 29.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87a69',
    500: '#bb3e30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb3e30;
$custom-light: #d87a69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb3e30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.043,
    "s": 59.149,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54095,
    "c": 0.16332,
    "h": 29.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB3E30

secondary

#7DC2C9

accent

#D3E245

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160A06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB3E30

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

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