#BB4A38#BB4A38

#BB4A38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.150 H 31.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB4A38
RGB	rgb(187, 74, 56)
HSL	hsl(8, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(8, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.4%, 70.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.65, 44.50, 33.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.65, 55.95, 37.32°)
OKLab	oklab(55.7% 0.128 0.0779)
OKLCH	oklch(55.7% 0.15 31.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.6585, 15.7511, 5.5351)
Luminance	0.1575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB4A38 #38A9BB

analogous

#BB3868 #BB4A38 #BB8B38

triadic

#BB4A38 #38BB4A #4A38BB

tetradic

#BB4A38 #68BB38 #38A9BB #8B38BB

square

#BB4A38 #68BB38 #38A9BB #8B38BB

split-complementary

#BB4A38 #38BB8B #3868BB

monochromatic

#5D251C #8C372A #BB4A38 #D07061 #DE9A90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.06

#BB4A38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.15

#BB4A38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB4A38

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB4A38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB4A38	1.00	5.06	4.15	5.06
#FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#685F36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847835

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD3146

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb4a38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 74, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.150 31.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6816f',
    500: '#bb4a38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb4a38;
$custom-light: #d6816f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb4a38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.244,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.557,
    "c": 0.14985,
    "h": 31.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB4A38

secondary

#86BFC8

accent

#C9DD4B

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB4A38

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

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