#BB3F38#BB3F38

#BB3F38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.161 H 27.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB3F38
RGB	rgb(187, 63, 56)
HSL	hsl(3, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(3, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.3%, 70.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.81, 49.39, 31.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.81, 58.73, 32.75°)
OKLab	oklab(54.32% 0.1434 0.0732)
OKLCH	oklch(54.32% 0.161 27)
XYZ	xyz(22.9873, 14.4086, 5.3113)
Luminance	0.1441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB3F38 #38B4BB

analogous

#BB3873 #BB3F38 #BB8038

triadic

#BB3F38 #38BB3F #3F38BB

tetradic

#BB3F38 #73BB38 #38B4BB #8038BB

square

#BB3F38 #73BB38 #38B4BB #8038BB

split-complementary

#BB3F38 #38BB80 #3873BB

monochromatic

#5D1F1C #8C2F2A #BB3F38 #D06761 #DE9490

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.41

#BB3F38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.88

#BB3F38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB3F38

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB3F38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB3F38	1.00	5.41	3.88	5.41
#FFFFFF	5.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615936

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807434

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD1E3E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb3f38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 63, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.161 27.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77b6f',
    500: '#bb3f38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb3f38;
$custom-light: #d77b6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb3f38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 63,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.206,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54321,
    "c": 0.16096,
    "h": 27
  },
  "luminance": 0.14405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB3F38

secondary

#86C5C8

accent

#D5DD4B

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#160A07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB3F38

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

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