#BB4A46#BB4A46

#BB4A46 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.147 H 25.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB4A46
RGB	rgb(187, 74, 70)
HSL	hsl(2, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(2, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.4%, 62.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.85, 45.33, 26.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.85, 52.27, 29.87°)
OKLab	oklab(55.92% 0.1333 0.0623)
OKLCH	oklch(55.92% 0.147 25)
XYZ	xyz(24.0500, 15.9077, 7.5972)
Luminance	0.1590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB4A46 #46B7BB

analogous

#BB467D #BB4A46 #BB8446

triadic

#BB4A46 #46BB4A #4A46BB

tetradic

#BB4A46 #7DBB46 #46B7BB #8446BB

square

#BB4A46 #7DBB46 #46B7BB #8446BB

split-complementary

#BB4A46 #46BB84 #467DBB

monochromatic

#622624 #8F3835 #BB4A46 #CB7673 #DCA2A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.02

#BB4A46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.18

#BB4A46 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB4A46

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB4A46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB4A46	1.00	5.02	4.18	5.02
#FFFFFF	5.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#676045

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837843

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD344A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb4a46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 74, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.147 25.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68179',
    500: '#bb4a46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb4a46;
$custom-light: #d68179;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb4a46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.051,
    "s": 46.245,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55922,
    "c": 0.14714,
    "h": 25
  },
  "luminance": 0.15905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB4A46

secondary

#94C7C8

accent

#D1D652

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFED

border

#D4CAC8

text

#150B09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB4A46

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

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