#BB3E57#BB3E57

#BB3E57 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.160 H 12.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB3E57
RGB	rgb(187, 62, 87)
HSL	hsl(348, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(348, 67%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.8%, 53.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.22, 51.87, 13.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.22, 53.62, 14.66°)
OKLab	oklab(54.81% 0.1568 0.0343)
OKLCH	oklch(54.81% 0.16 12.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.9385, 14.7013, 10.5920)
Luminance	0.1470 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB3E57 #3EBBA2

analogous

#BB3E96 #BB3E57 #BB643E

triadic

#BB3E57 #57BB3E #3E57BB

tetradic

#BB3E57 #96BB3E #3EBBA2 #643EBB

square

#BB3E57 #96BB3E #3EBBA2 #643EBB

split-complementary

#BB3E57 #3EBB64 #3E96BB

monochromatic

#5F202C #8D2F42 #BB3E57 #CD697D #DC97A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.33

#BB3E57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.94

#BB3E57 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB3E57

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB3E57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB3E57	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)

#5C5B57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7454

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC2748

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb3e57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 62, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.160 12.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d57b86',
    500: '#bb3e57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb3e57;
$custom-light: #d57b86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb3e57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348,
    "s": 50.201,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54808,
    "c": 0.16046,
    "h": 12.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB3E57

secondary

#8DC8BC

accent

#DABE4E

background

#FDF7F8

surface

#FBEEEF

border

#D4C9CA

text

#150A0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB3E57

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

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