#BB4A36#BB4A36

#BB4A36 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.150 H 32.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB4A36
RGB	rgb(187, 74, 54)
HSL	hsl(9, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(9, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.4%, 71.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.62, 44.39, 35.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.62, 56.55, 38.27°)
OKLab	oklab(55.67% 0.1273 0.0799)
OKLCH	oklch(55.67% 0.15 32.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.6106, 15.7319, 5.2826)
Luminance	0.1573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB4A36 #36A7BB

analogous

#BB3664 #BB4A36 #BB8D36

triadic

#BB4A36 #36BB4A #4A36BB

tetradic

#BB4A36 #64BB36 #36A7BB #8D36BB

square

#BB4A36 #64BB36 #36A7BB #8D36BB

split-complementary

#BB4A36 #36BB8D #3664BB

monochromatic

#5C241B #8C3728 #BB4A36 #D06F5E #DE998D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.07

#BB4A36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.15

#BB4A36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB4A36

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB4A36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB4A36	1.00	5.07	4.15	5.07
#FFFFFF	5.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#695F33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857833

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD3146

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb4a36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 74, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.150 32.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7816e',
    500: '#bb4a36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb4a36;
$custom-light: #d7816e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb4a36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.023,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55672,
    "c": 0.15032,
    "h": 32.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB4A36

secondary

#84BEC9

accent

#C8DF49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB4A36

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

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