#BB472E#BB472E

#BB472E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.155 H 33.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB472E
RGB	rgb(187, 71, 46)
HSL	hsl(11, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(11, 75%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62%, 75.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.00, 45.41, 38.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.00, 59.70, 40.48°)
OKLab	oklab(55.18% 0.1289 0.0863)
OKLCH	oklch(55.18% 0.155 33.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.2424, 15.2718, 4.3081)
Luminance	0.1527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB472E #2EA2BB

analogous

#BB2E5C #BB472E #BB8D2E

triadic

#BB472E #2EBB47 #472EBB

tetradic

#BB472E #5CBB2E #2EA2BB #8D2EBB

square

#BB472E #5CBB2E #2EA2BB #8D2EBB

split-complementary

#BB472E #2EBB8D #2E5CBB

monochromatic

#592216 #8A3422 #BB472E #D46952 #E09483

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.18

#BB472E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.05

#BB472E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB472E

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB472E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB472E	1.00	5.18	4.05	5.18
#FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#675D2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84772A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE2B42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb472e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 71, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.155 33.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77f68',
    500: '#bb472e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb472e;
$custom-light: #d77f68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb472e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.638,
    "s": 60.515,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55177,
    "c": 0.15512,
    "h": 33.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB472E

secondary

#7BBCCA

accent

#C7E444

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160A06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB472E

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →