#BB3E51#BB3E51

#BB3E51 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.160 H 15.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB3E51
RGB	rgb(187, 62, 81)
HSL	hsl(351, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(351, 67%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.8%, 56.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.09, 51.40, 17.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.09, 54.16, 18.38°)
OKLab	oklab(54.67% 0.1544 0.0424)
OKLCH	oklch(54.67% 0.16 15.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.7035, 14.6073, 9.3543)
Luminance	0.1460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB3E51 #3EBBA8

analogous

#BB3E90 #BB3E51 #BB6A3E

triadic

#BB3E51 #51BB3E #3E51BB

tetradic

#BB3E51 #90BB3E #3EBBA8 #6A3EBB

square

#BB3E51 #90BB3E #3EBBA8 #6A3EBB

split-complementary

#BB3E51 #3EBB6A #3E90BB

monochromatic

#5F2029 #8D2F3D #BB3E51 #CD6978 #DC97A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.36

#BB3E51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.92

#BB3E51 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB3E51

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB3E51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB3E51	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)

#5D5A51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D744E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC2446

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb3e51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 62, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.160 15.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67b81',
    500: '#bb3e51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb3e51;
$custom-light: #d67b81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb3e51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.88,
    "s": 50.201,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54668,
    "c": 0.16011,
    "h": 15.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB3E51

secondary

#8DC8BF

accent

#DAC44E

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEEEE

border

#D4C9C9

text

#150A0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB3E51

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

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