#BB3E47#BB3E47

#BB3E47 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.160 H 20.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB3E47
RGB	rgb(187, 62, 71)
HSL	hsl(356, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(356, 67%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.8%, 62%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.90, 50.69, 22.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.90, 55.63, 24.34°)
OKLab	oklab(54.46% 0.1504 0.0553)
OKLCH	oklch(54.46% 0.16 20.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.3558, 14.4682, 7.5228)
Luminance	0.1447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB3E47 #3EBBB2

analogous

#BB3E86 #BB3E47 #BB743E

triadic

#BB3E47 #47BB3E #3E47BB

tetradic

#BB3E47 #86BB3E #3EBBB2 #743EBB

square

#BB3E47 #86BB3E #3EBBB2 #743EBB

split-complementary

#BB3E47 #3EBB74 #3E86BB

monochromatic

#5F2024 #8D2F36 #BB3E47 #CD6970 #DC979C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.39

#BB3E47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.89

#BB3E47 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB3E47

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB3E47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB3E47	1.00	5.39	3.89	5.39
#FFFFFF	5.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5946

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7444

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD2142

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb3e47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 62, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.160 20.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67a7a',
    500: '#bb3e47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb3e47;
$custom-light: #d67a7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb3e47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.68,
    "s": 50.201,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5446,
    "c": 0.16028,
    "h": 20.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB3E47

secondary

#8DC8C4

accent

#DAD04E

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB3E47

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

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