#BB3E36#BB3E36

#BB3E36 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.162 H 27.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB3E36
RGB	rgb(187, 62, 54)
HSL	hsl(4, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(4, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.8%, 71.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.63, 49.71, 32.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.63, 59.52, 33.35°)
OKLab	oklab(54.18% 0.144 0.0749)
OKLCH	oklch(54.18% 0.162 27.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.8845, 14.2797, 5.0406)
Luminance	0.1428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB3E36 #36B3BB

analogous

#BB3671 #BB3E36 #BB8136

triadic

#BB3E36 #36BB3E #3E36BB

tetradic

#BB3E36 #71BB36 #36B3BB #8136BB

square

#BB3E36 #71BB36 #36B3BB #8136BB

split-complementary

#BB3E36 #36BB81 #3671BB

monochromatic

#5C1F1B #8C2E28 #BB3E36 #D0655E #DE928D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.45

#BB3E36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.86

#BB3E36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB3E36

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB3E36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB3E36	1.00	5.45	3.86	5.45
#FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615834

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807432

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD1C3D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb3e36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 62, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.162 27.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77a6d',
    500: '#bb3e36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb3e36;
$custom-light: #d77a6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb3e36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.609,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54176,
    "c": 0.16227,
    "h": 27.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB3E36

secondary

#84C5C9

accent

#D6DF49

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160A07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB3E36

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

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