#BB3E56#BB3E56

#BB3E56 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.160 H 12.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB3E56
RGB	rgb(187, 62, 86)
HSL	hsl(348, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(348, 67%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.8%, 54%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.20, 51.79, 14.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.20, 53.69, 15.29°)
OKLab	oklab(54.78% 0.1564 0.0357)
OKLCH	oklch(54.78% 0.16 12.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.8980, 14.6851, 10.3784)
Luminance	0.1468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB3E56 #3EBBA3

analogous

#BB3E95 #BB3E56 #BB653E

triadic

#BB3E56 #56BB3E #3E56BB

tetradic

#BB3E56 #95BB3E #3EBBA3 #653EBB

square

#BB3E56 #95BB3E #3EBBA3 #653EBB

split-complementary

#BB3E56 #3EBB65 #3E95BB

monochromatic

#5F202C #8D2F41 #BB3E56 #CD697C #DC97A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.33

#BB3E56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.94

#BB3E56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB3E56

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB3E56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB3E56	1.00	5.33	3.94	5.33
#FFFFFF	5.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C5B56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7453

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC2648

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb3e56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 62, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.160 12.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d57b85',
    500: '#bb3e56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb3e56;
$custom-light: #d57b85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb3e56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.48,
    "s": 50.201,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54784,
    "c": 0.16038,
    "h": 12.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB3E56

secondary

#8DC8BD

accent

#DABF4E

background

#FDF7F8

surface

#FBEEEF

border

#D4C9CA

text

#150A0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB3E56

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

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