#BB3E45#BB3E45

#BB3E45 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.160 H 21.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB3E45
RGB	rgb(187, 62, 69)
HSL	hsl(357, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(357, 67%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.8%, 63.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.86, 50.56, 24.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.86, 56.01, 25.48°)
OKLab	oklab(54.42% 0.1496 0.0578)
OKLCH	oklch(54.42% 0.16 21.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.2926, 14.4430, 7.1903)
Luminance	0.1444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB3E45 #3EBBB4

analogous

#BB3E84 #BB3E45 #BB763E

triadic

#BB3E45 #45BB3E #3E45BB

tetradic

#BB3E45 #84BB3E #3EBBB4 #763EBB

square

#BB3E45 #84BB3E #3EBBB4 #763EBB

split-complementary

#BB3E45 #3EBB76 #3E84BB

monochromatic

#5F2023 #8D2F34 #BB3E45 #CD696F #DC979B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.40

#BB3E45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.89

#BB3E45 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB3E45

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB3E45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB3E45	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)

#5F5944

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7442

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD2042

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb3e45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 62, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.160 21.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67a78',
    500: '#bb3e45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb3e45;
$custom-light: #d67a78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb3e45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.64,
    "s": 50.201,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54422,
    "c": 0.16041,
    "h": 21.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.1444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB3E45

secondary

#8DC8C5

accent

#DAD24E

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB3E45

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

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