#BB4B2E#BB4B2E

#BB4B2E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.151 H 35.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB4B2E
RGB	rgb(187, 75, 46)
HSL	hsl(12, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(12, 75%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.9%, 75.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.71, 43.55, 39.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.71, 58.80, 42.21°)
OKLab	oklab(55.71% 0.1232 0.0879)
OKLCH	oklch(55.71% 0.151 35.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.5052, 15.7974, 4.3957)
Luminance	0.1579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB4B2E #2E9EBB

analogous

#BB2E58 #BB4B2E #BB912E

triadic

#BB4B2E #2EBB4B #4B2EBB

tetradic

#BB4B2E #58BB2E #2E9EBB #912EBB

square

#BB4B2E #58BB2E #2E9EBB #912EBB

split-complementary

#BB4B2E #2EBB91 #2E58BB

monochromatic

#592416 #8A3722 #BB4B2E #D46D52 #E09683

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.05

#BB4B2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.16

#BB4B2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB4B2E

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB4B2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB4B2E	1.00	5.05	4.16	5.05
#FFFFFF	5.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A5F2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86782A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD3145

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb4b2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 75, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.151 35.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78168',
    500: '#bb4b2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb4b2e;
$custom-light: #d78168;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb4b2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.34,
    "s": 60.515,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55709,
    "c": 0.15132,
    "h": 35.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB4B2E

secondary

#7BB9CA

accent

#C3E444

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB4B2E

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

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