#BB4942#BB4942

#BB4942 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.149 H 26.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#BB4942
RGBrgb(187, 73, 66)
HSLhsl(3, 48%, 50%)
HSVhsv(3, 65%, 73%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 61%, 64.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LABlab(46.61, 45.54, 28.09)
CIE-LCHlch(46.61, 53.50, 31.67°)
OKLaboklab(55.72% 0.1332 0.0665)
OKLCHoklch(55.72% 0.149 26.5)
XYZxyz(23.8617, 15.7264, 6.9322)
Luminance0.1572 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#BB4942 #42B4BB
analogous
#BB4278 #BB4942 #BB8642
triadic
#BB4942 #42BB49 #4942BB
tetradic
#BB4942 #78BB42 #42B4BB #8642BB
square
#BB4942 #78BB42 #42B4BB #8642BB
split-complementary
#BB4942 #42BB86 #4278BB
monochromatic
#612622 #8E3732 #BB4942 #CC746E #DC9F9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.07
#BB4942 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.14
#BB4942 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB4942
5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##BB4942#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##BB49421.005.074.145.07
#FFFFFF5.071.0021.001.00
#0000004.1421.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.071.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#675F41
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#83783F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#CD3148
Achromatopsia (no color)
#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #bb4942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 73, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.149 26.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68076',
    500: '#bb4942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #bb4942;
$custom-light: #d68076;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#bb4942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.471,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55721,
    "c": 0.14888,
    "h": 26.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#BB4942
secondary
#91C5C8
accent
#D0D750
background
#FEF8F7
surface
#FCEFED
border
#D5CAC8
text
#160B08
muted
#847C7B

Preview Lab

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#BB4942 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva