#BB453C#BB453C

#BB453C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.154 H 27.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB453C
RGB	rgb(187, 69, 60)
HSL	hsl(4, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(4, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.1%, 67.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.84, 47.00, 30.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.84, 56.12, 33.12°)
OKLab	oklab(55.11% 0.1366 0.0714)
OKLCH	oklch(55.11% 0.154 27.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.4396, 15.1505, 5.9642)
Luminance	0.1515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB453C #3CB2BB

analogous

#BB3C72 #BB453C #BB843C

triadic

#BB453C #3CBB45 #453CBB

tetradic

#BB453C #72BB3C #3CB2BB #843CBB

square

#BB453C #72BB3C #3CB2BB #843CBB

split-complementary

#BB453C #3CBB84 #3C72BB

monochromatic

#5E231E #8D342D #BB453C #CE6E66 #DD9A95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.21

#BB453C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.03

#BB453C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB453C

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB453C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB453C	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)

#655C3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827639

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD2A44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb453c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 69, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.154 27.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67e72',
    500: '#bb453c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb453c;
$custom-light: #d67e72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb453c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.252,
    "s": 51.417,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5511,
    "c": 0.15417,
    "h": 27.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB453C

secondary

#8BC4C8

accent

#D1DB4D

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#160A08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB453C

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

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