#BB3E55#BB3E55

#BB3E55 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.160 H 13.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB3E55
RGB	rgb(187, 62, 85)
HSL	hsl(349, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(349, 67%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.8%, 54.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.18, 51.71, 14.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.18, 53.77, 15.91°)
OKLab	oklab(54.76% 0.156 0.037)
OKLCH	oklch(54.76% 0.16 13.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.8580, 14.6691, 10.1677)
Luminance	0.1467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB3E55 #3EBBA4

analogous

#BB3E94 #BB3E55 #BB663E

triadic

#BB3E55 #55BB3E #3E55BB

tetradic

#BB3E55 #94BB3E #3EBBA4 #663EBB

square

#BB3E55 #94BB3E #3EBBA4 #663EBB

split-complementary

#BB3E55 #3EBB66 #3E94BB

monochromatic

#5F202B #8D2F40 #BB3E55 #CD697B #DC97A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.34

#BB3E55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.93

#BB3E55 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB3E55

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB3E55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB3E55	1.00	5.34	3.93	5.34
#FFFFFF	5.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C5B55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7452

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC2647

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb3e55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 62, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.160 13.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d57b84',
    500: '#bb3e55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb3e55;
$custom-light: #d57b84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb3e55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.96,
    "s": 50.201,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54761,
    "c": 0.1603,
    "h": 13.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB3E55

secondary

#8DC8BD

accent

#DAC04E

background

#FDF7F8

surface

#FBEEEF

border

#D4C9CA

text

#150A0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB3E55

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

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