#BB4842#BB4842

#BB4842 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.150 H 26.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB4842
RGB	rgb(187, 72, 66)
HSL	hsl(3, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(3, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.5%, 64.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.44, 46.00, 27.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.44, 53.79, 31.22°)
OKLab	oklab(55.59% 0.1347 0.066)
OKLCH	oklch(55.59% 0.15 26.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.7966, 15.5960, 6.9105)
Luminance	0.1559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB4842 #42B5BB

analogous

#BB4279 #BB4842 #BB8442

triadic

#BB4842 #42BB48 #4842BB

tetradic

#BB4842 #79BB42 #42B5BB #8442BB

square

#BB4842 #79BB42 #42B5BB #8442BB

split-complementary

#BB4842 #42BB84 #4279BB

monochromatic

#612522 #8E3732 #BB4842 #CC736E #DC9F9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.10

#BB4842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.12

#BB4842 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB4842

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB4842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB4842	1.00	5.10	4.12	5.10
#FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#665F41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83773F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD3047

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb4842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 72, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.150 26.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68076',
    500: '#bb4842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb4842;
$custom-light: #d68076;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb4842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.975,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5559,
    "c": 0.14996,
    "h": 26.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB4842

secondary

#91C5C8

accent

#D1D750

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160A08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB4842

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

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