#BB473A#BB473A

#BB473A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.152 H 29.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB473A
RGB	rgb(187, 71, 58)
HSL	hsl(6, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(6, 69%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62%, 69%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.15, 45.99, 32.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.15, 56.14, 35.00°)
OKLab	oklab(55.33% 0.1331 0.0745)
OKLCH	oklch(55.33% 0.152 29.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.5129, 15.3800, 5.7327)
Luminance	0.1538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB473A #3AAEBB

analogous

#BB3A6D #BB473A #BB883A

triadic

#BB473A #3ABB47 #473ABB

tetradic

#BB473A #6DBB3A #3AAEBB #883ABB

square

#BB473A #6DBB3A #3AAEBB #883ABB

split-complementary

#BB473A #3ABB88 #3A6DBB

monochromatic

#5E241D #8C352C #BB473A #CF6E63 #DD9A92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.15

#BB473A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.08

#BB473A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB473A

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB473A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB473A	1.00	5.15	4.08	5.15
#FFFFFF	5.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#665D38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837737

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD2D45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb473a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 71, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.152 29.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67f70',
    500: '#bb473a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb473a;
$custom-light: #d67f70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb473a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.047,
    "s": 52.653,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55334,
    "c": 0.15248,
    "h": 29.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB473A

secondary

#88C2C8

accent

#CEDC4C

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160A07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB473A

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

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