#BB424D#BB424D

#BB424D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.156 H 18.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB424D
RGB	rgb(187, 66, 77)
HSL	hsl(355, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(355, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.7%, 58.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.63, 49.41, 20.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.63, 53.40, 22.28°)
OKLab	oklab(55.05% 0.1474 0.0496)
OKLCH	oklch(55.05% 0.156 18.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.7835, 15.0002, 8.6627)
Luminance	0.1500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB424D #42BBB0

analogous

#BB428A #BB424D #BB7342

triadic

#BB424D #4DBB42 #424DBB

tetradic

#BB424D #8ABB42 #42BBB0 #7342BB

square

#BB424D #8ABB42 #42BBB0 #7342BB

split-complementary

#BB424D #42BB73 #428ABB

monochromatic

#612228 #8E323A #BB424D #CC6E77 #DC9CA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.25

#BB424D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.00

#BB424D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB424D

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB424D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB424D	1.00	5.25	4.00	5.25
#FFFFFF	5.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#605C4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F754A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC2A47

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb424d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 66, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.156 18.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67d7e',
    500: '#bb424d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb424d;
$custom-light: #d67d7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb424d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.545,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55048,
    "c": 0.15555,
    "h": 18.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB424D

secondary

#91C8C3

accent

#D7CB50

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEEEE

border

#D4C9C9

text

#150A0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB424D

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

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