#BB453B#BB453B

#BB453B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.154 H 28.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB453B
RGB	rgb(187, 69, 59)
HSL	hsl(5, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(5, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.1%, 68.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.83, 46.94, 31.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.83, 56.38, 33.63°)
OKLab	oklab(55.09% 0.1363 0.0725)
OKLCH	oklch(55.09% 0.154 28)
XYZ	xyz(23.4134, 15.1400, 5.8262)
Luminance	0.1514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB453B #3BB1BB

analogous

#BB3B71 #BB453B #BB853B

triadic

#BB453B #3BBB45 #453BBB

tetradic

#BB453B #71BB3B #3BB1BB #853BBB

square

#BB453B #71BB3B #3BB1BB #853BBB

split-complementary

#BB453B #3BBB85 #3B71BB

monochromatic

#5E231E #8C342C #BB453B #CE6D65 #DD9993

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.21

#BB453B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.03

#BB453B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB453B

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB453B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB453B	1.00	5.21	4.03	5.21
#FFFFFF	5.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#655C39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827638

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD2A43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb453b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 69, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.154 28.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77e71',
    500: '#bb453b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb453b;
$custom-light: #d77e71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb453b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.687,
    "s": 52.033,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55094,
    "c": 0.15435,
    "h": 28
  },
  "luminance": 0.15137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB453B

secondary

#8AC3C8

accent

#D0DB4C

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#160A07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB453B

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →