#BB3E48#BB3E48

#BB3E48 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.160 H 19.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB3E48
RGB	rgb(187, 62, 72)
HSL	hsl(355, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(355, 67%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.8%, 61.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.92, 50.75, 22.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.92, 55.46, 23.76°)
OKLab	oklab(54.48% 0.1508 0.0541)
OKLCH	oklch(54.48% 0.16 19.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.3881, 14.4812, 7.6932)
Luminance	0.1448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB3E48 #3EBBB1

analogous

#BB3E87 #BB3E48 #BB733E

triadic

#BB3E48 #48BB3E #3E48BB

tetradic

#BB3E48 #87BB3E #3EBBB1 #733EBB

square

#BB3E48 #87BB3E #3EBBB1 #733EBB

split-complementary

#BB3E48 #3EBB73 #3E87BB

monochromatic

#5F2025 #8D2F36 #BB3E48 #CD6971 #DC979C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.39

#BB3E48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.90

#BB3E48 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB3E48

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB3E48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB3E48	1.00	5.39	3.90	5.39
#FFFFFF	5.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E5A48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7445

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD2143

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb3e48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 62, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.160 19.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67a7a',
    500: '#bb3e48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb3e48;
$custom-light: #d67a7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb3e48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.2,
    "s": 50.201,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54479,
    "c": 0.16022,
    "h": 19.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB3E48

secondary

#8DC8C3

accent

#DACF4E

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB3E48

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

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