#BB4A35#BB4A35

#BB4A35 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.151 H 32.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB4A35
RGB	rgb(187, 74, 53)
HSL	hsl(9, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(9, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.4%, 71.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.61, 44.34, 35.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.61, 56.85, 38.73°)
OKLab	oklab(55.66% 0.127 0.0809)
OKLCH	oklch(55.66% 0.151 32.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.5873, 15.7226, 5.1602)
Luminance	0.1572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB4A35 #35A6BB

analogous

#BB3563 #BB4A35 #BB8D35

triadic

#BB4A35 #35BB4A #4A35BB

tetradic

#BB4A35 #63BB35 #35A6BB #8D35BB

square

#BB4A35 #63BB35 #35A6BB #8D35BB

split-complementary

#BB4A35 #35BB8D #3563BB

monochromatic

#5C241A #8B3727 #BB4A35 #D16F5C #DE998C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.07

#BB4A35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.14

#BB4A35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB4A35

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB4A35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB4A35	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)

#695F32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857832

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD3046

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb4a35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 74, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.151 32.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7816d',
    500: '#bb4a35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb4a35;
$custom-light: #d7816d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb4a35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.403,
    "s": 55.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55659,
    "c": 0.15056,
    "h": 32.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB4A35

secondary

#83BEC9

accent

#C8DF49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB4A35

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

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