#BB473D#BB473D

#BB473D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.152 H 27.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB473D
RGB	rgb(187, 71, 61)
HSL	hsl(5, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(5, 67%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62%, 67.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.19, 46.15, 30.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.19, 55.33, 33.46°)
OKLab	oklab(55.38% 0.1342 0.0712)
OKLCH	oklch(55.38% 0.152 27.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.5914, 15.4114, 6.1464)
Luminance	0.1541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB473D #3DB1BB

analogous

#BB3D72 #BB473D #BB863D

triadic

#BB473D #3DBB47 #473DBB

tetradic

#BB473D #72BB3D #3DB1BB #863DBB

square

#BB473D #72BB3D #3DB1BB #863DBB

split-complementary

#BB473D #3DBB86 #3D72BB

monochromatic

#5F241F #8D352E #BB473D #CE7068 #DD9B96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.15

#BB473D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.08

#BB473D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB473D

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB473D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB473D	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)

#665E3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83773A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD2D45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb473d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 71, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.152 27.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67f73',
    500: '#bb473d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb473d;
$custom-light: #d67f73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb473d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.762,
    "s": 50.806,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5538,
    "c": 0.1519,
    "h": 27.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB473D

secondary

#8CC3C8

accent

#CFDA4E

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160A08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB473D

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

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