#BB402E#BB402E

#BB402E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.162 H 31.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB402E
RGB	rgb(187, 64, 46)
HSL	hsl(8, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(8, 75%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.8%, 75.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.85, 48.51, 37.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.85, 61.31, 37.71°)
OKLab	oklab(54.31% 0.1385 0.0836)
OKLCH	oklch(54.31% 0.162 31.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.8226, 14.4322, 4.1682)
Luminance	0.1443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB402E #2EA9BB

analogous

#BB2E62 #BB402E #BB872E

triadic

#BB402E #2EBB40 #402EBB

tetradic

#BB402E #62BB2E #2EA9BB #872EBB

square

#BB402E #62BB2E #2EA9BB #872EBB

split-complementary

#BB402E #2EBB87 #2E62BB

monochromatic

#591E16 #8A2F22 #BB402E #D46252 #E08F83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.40

#BB402E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.89

#BB402E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB402E

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB402E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB402E	1.00	5.40	3.89	5.40
#FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#63592B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81742A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE1E3D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb402e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 64, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.162 31.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d87b68',
    500: '#bb402e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb402e;
$custom-light: #d87b68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb402e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.66,
    "s": 60.515,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54306,
    "c": 0.1618,
    "h": 31.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB402E

secondary

#7BC0CA

accent

#CFE444

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160A06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB402E

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

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