#BB3E44#BB3E44

#BB3E44 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.160 H 21.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB3E44
RGB	rgb(187, 62, 68)
HSL	hsl(357, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(357, 67%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.8%, 63.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.84, 50.50, 24.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.84, 56.20, 26.04°)
OKLab	oklab(54.4% 0.1493 0.059)
OKLCH	oklch(54.4% 0.16 21.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.2619, 14.4306, 7.0282)
Luminance	0.1443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB3E44 #3EBBB5

analogous

#BB3E83 #BB3E44 #BB773E

triadic

#BB3E44 #44BB3E #3E44BB

tetradic

#BB3E44 #83BB3E #3EBBB5 #773EBB

square

#BB3E44 #83BB3E #3EBBB5 #773EBB

split-complementary

#BB3E44 #3EBB77 #3E83BB

monochromatic

#5F2023 #8D2F33 #BB3E44 #CD696E #DC979A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.40

#BB3E44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.89

#BB3E44 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB3E44

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB3E44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB3E44	1.00	5.40	3.89	5.40
#FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5943

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7441

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD2041

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb3e44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 62, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.160 21.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67a78',
    500: '#bb3e44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb3e44;
$custom-light: #d67a78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb3e44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.12,
    "s": 50.201,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54404,
    "c": 0.16049,
    "h": 21.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB3E44

secondary

#8DC8C5

accent

#DAD34E

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB3E44

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

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