#BB3E49#BB3E49

#BB3E49 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.160 H 19.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB3E49
RGB	rgb(187, 62, 73)
HSL	hsl(355, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(355, 67%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.8%, 61%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.93, 50.82, 21.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.93, 55.28, 23.18°)
OKLab	oklab(54.5% 0.1512 0.0528)
OKLCH	oklch(54.5% 0.16 19.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.4210, 14.4943, 7.8664)
Luminance	0.1449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB3E49 #3EBBB0

analogous

#BB3E88 #BB3E49 #BB723E

triadic

#BB3E49 #49BB3E #3E49BB

tetradic

#BB3E49 #88BB3E #3EBBB0 #723EBB

square

#BB3E49 #88BB3E #3EBBB0 #723EBB

split-complementary

#BB3E49 #3EBB72 #3E88BB

monochromatic

#5F2025 #8D2F37 #BB3E49 #CD6972 #DC979D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.39

#BB3E49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.90

#BB3E49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB3E49

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB3E49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB3E49	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)

#5E5A49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7446

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD2243

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb3e49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 62, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.160 19.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67a7b',
    500: '#bb3e49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb3e49;
$custom-light: #d67a7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb3e49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.72,
    "s": 50.201,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54499,
    "c": 0.16017,
    "h": 19.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB3E49

secondary

#8DC8C3

accent

#DACD4E

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB3E49

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

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