#BB4941#BB4941

#BB4941 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.149 H 27.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB4941
RGB	rgb(187, 73, 65)
HSL	hsl(4, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(4, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61%, 65.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.60, 45.47, 28.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.60, 53.75, 32.22°)
OKLab	oklab(55.7% 0.1328 0.0676)
OKLCH	oklch(55.7% 0.149 27)
XYZ	xyz(23.8325, 15.7147, 6.7783)
Luminance	0.1571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB4941 #41B3BB

analogous

#BB4176 #BB4941 #BB8641

triadic

#BB4941 #41BB49 #4941BB

tetradic

#BB4941 #76BB41 #41B3BB #8641BB

square

#BB4941 #76BB41 #41B3BB #8641BB

split-complementary

#BB4941 #41BB86 #4176BB

monochromatic

#602621 #8E3731 #BB4941 #CC736D #DC9F9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.07

#BB4941 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.14

#BB4941 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB4941

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB4941	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB4941	1.00	5.07	4.14	5.07
#FFFFFF	5.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#675F3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83783E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD3148

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb4941;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 73, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.149 27.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68076',
    500: '#bb4941',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb4941;
$custom-light: #d68076;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb4941",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.934,
    "s": 48.413,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55704,
    "c": 0.14906,
    "h": 27
  },
  "luminance": 0.15712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB4941

secondary

#90C4C8

accent

#CFD850

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB4941

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

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