#BB4936#BB4936

#BB4936 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.151 H 31.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB4936
RGB	rgb(187, 73, 54)
HSL	hsl(9, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(9, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61%, 71.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.44, 44.86, 34.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.44, 56.79, 37.82°)
OKLab	oklab(55.54% 0.1288 0.0795)
OKLCH	oklch(55.54% 0.151 31.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.5443, 15.5994, 5.2605)
Luminance	0.1560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB4936 #36A8BB

analogous

#BB3666 #BB4936 #BB8B36

triadic

#BB4936 #36BB49 #4936BB

tetradic

#BB4936 #66BB36 #36A8BB #8B36BB

square

#BB4936 #66BB36 #36A8BB #8B36BB

split-complementary

#BB4936 #36BB8B #3666BB

monochromatic

#5C241B #8C3628 #BB4936 #D06E5E #DE998D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.10

#BB4936 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.12

#BB4936 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB4936

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB4936	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB4936	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)

#685E33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847733

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD2F45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb4936;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 73, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.151 31.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7806e',
    500: '#bb4936',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb4936;
$custom-light: #d7806e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb4936",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.571,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55539,
    "c": 0.15132,
    "h": 31.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB4936

secondary

#84BFC9

accent

#C9DF49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160A07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB4936

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

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