#BB4A40#BB4A40

#BB4A40 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.148 H 27.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB4A40
RGB	rgb(187, 74, 64)
HSL	hsl(5, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(5, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.4%, 65.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.76, 44.95, 29.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.76, 53.73, 33.23°)
OKLab	oklab(55.82% 0.131 0.0693)
OKLCH	oklch(55.82% 0.148 27.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.8700, 15.8357, 6.6491)
Luminance	0.1583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB4A40 #40B1BB

analogous

#BB4074 #BB4A40 #BB8840

triadic

#BB4A40 #40BB4A #4A40BB

tetradic

#BB4A40 #74BB40 #40B1BB #8840BB

square

#BB4A40 #74BB40 #40B1BB #8840BB

split-complementary

#BB4A40 #40BB88 #4074BB

monochromatic

#602621 #8D3830 #BB4A40 #CD746C #DC9F99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.04

#BB4A40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#BB4A40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB4A40

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB4A40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB4A40	1.00	5.04	4.17	5.04
#FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#68603E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84783D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD3248

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb4a40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 74, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.148 27.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68175',
    500: '#bb4a40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb4a40;
$custom-light: #d68175;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb4a40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.878,
    "s": 49.004,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5582,
    "c": 0.14817,
    "h": 27.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB4A40

secondary

#8FC3C8

accent

#CDD94F

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB4A40

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

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