#BB4A26#BB4A26

#BB4A26 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.154 H 37.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB4A26
RGB	rgb(187, 74, 38)
HSL	hsl(14, 66%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(14, 80%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.4%, 79.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.45, 43.71, 43.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.45, 61.58, 44.78°)
OKLab	oklab(55.49% 0.1222 0.0941)
OKLCH	oklch(55.49% 0.154 37.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.2947, 15.6055, 3.6189)
Luminance	0.1560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB4A26 #2697BB

analogous

#BB264C #BB4A26 #BB9526

triadic

#BB4A26 #26BB4A #4A26BB

tetradic

#BB4A26 #4CBB26 #2697BB #9526BB

square

#BB4A26 #4CBB26 #2697BB #9526BB

split-complementary

#BB4A26 #26BB95 #264CBB

monochromatic

#552211 #88361C #BB4A26 #D96945 #E49278

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.10

#BB4A26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.12

#BB4A26 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB4A26

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB4A26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB4A26	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)

#6A5E21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867822

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE2E43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb4a26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 74, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.154 37.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78163',
    500: '#bb4a26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb4a26;
$custom-light: #d78163;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb4a26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.497,
    "s": 66.222,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55492,
    "c": 0.15424,
    "h": 37.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB4A26

secondary

#72B6CB

accent

#C0E93F

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160A05

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB4A26

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

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