#BB3E46#BB3E46

#BB3E46 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.160 H 20.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB3E46
RGB	rgb(187, 62, 70)
HSL	hsl(356, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(356, 67%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.8%, 62.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.88, 50.62, 23.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.88, 55.82, 24.91°)
OKLab	oklab(54.44% 0.15 0.0566)
OKLCH	oklch(54.44% 0.16 20.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.3239, 14.4555, 7.3552)
Luminance	0.1445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB3E46 #3EBBB3

analogous

#BB3E85 #BB3E46 #BB753E

triadic

#BB3E46 #46BB3E #3E46BB

tetradic

#BB3E46 #85BB3E #3EBBB3 #753EBB

square

#BB3E46 #85BB3E #3EBBB3 #753EBB

split-complementary

#BB3E46 #3EBB75 #3E85BB

monochromatic

#5F2024 #8D2F35 #BB3E46 #CD696F #DC979B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.40

#BB3E46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.89

#BB3E46 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB3E46

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB3E46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB3E46	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)

#5F5945

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7443

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD2142

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb3e46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 62, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.160 20.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67a79',
    500: '#bb3e46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb3e46;
$custom-light: #d67a79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb3e46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.16,
    "s": 50.201,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54441,
    "c": 0.16034,
    "h": 20.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB3E46

secondary

#8DC8C4

accent

#DAD14E

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB3E46

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

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