#BB3E50#BB3E50

#BB3E50 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.160 H 15.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB3E50
RGB	rgb(187, 62, 80)
HSL	hsl(351, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(351, 67%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.8%, 57.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.07, 51.32, 17.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.07, 54.28, 18.99°)
OKLab	oklab(54.65% 0.154 0.0437)
OKLCH	oklch(54.65% 0.16 15.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.6663, 14.5924, 9.1583)
Luminance	0.1459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB3E50 #3EBBA9

analogous

#BB3E8F #BB3E50 #BB6B3E

triadic

#BB3E50 #50BB3E #3E50BB

tetradic

#BB3E50 #8FBB3E #3EBBA9 #6B3EBB

square

#BB3E50 #8FBB3E #3EBBA9 #6B3EBB

split-complementary

#BB3E50 #3EBB6B #3E8FBB

monochromatic

#5F2029 #8D2F3C #BB3E50 #CD6977 #DC97A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.36

#BB3E50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.92

#BB3E50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB3E50

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB3E50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB3E50	1.00	5.36	3.92	5.36
#FFFFFF	5.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D5A50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D744D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC2445

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb3e50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 62, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.160 15.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67b80',
    500: '#bb3e50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb3e50;
$custom-light: #d67b80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb3e50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.36,
    "s": 50.201,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54646,
    "c": 0.16009,
    "h": 15.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB3E50

secondary

#8DC8C0

accent

#DAC64E

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEEEE

border

#D4C9C9

text

#150A0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB3E50

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

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