#BB4B35#BB4B35

#BB4B35 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.150 H 33.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB4B35
RGB	rgb(187, 75, 53)
HSL	hsl(10, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(10, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.9%, 71.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.79, 43.87, 35.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.79, 56.61, 39.19°)
OKLab	oklab(55.79% 0.1255 0.0814)
OKLCH	oklch(55.79% 0.15 33)
XYZ	xyz(23.6546, 15.8572, 5.1826)
Luminance	0.1585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB4B35 #35A5BB

analogous

#BB3562 #BB4B35 #BB8E35

triadic

#BB4B35 #35BB4B #4B35BB

tetradic

#BB4B35 #62BB35 #35A5BB #8E35BB

square

#BB4B35 #62BB35 #35A5BB #8E35BB

split-complementary

#BB4B35 #35BB8E #3562BB

monochromatic

#5C251A #8B3827 #BB4B35 #D16F5C #DE9A8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.04

#BB4B35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#BB4B35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB4B35

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB4B35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB4B35	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)

#696032

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857832

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD3246

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb4b35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 75, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.150 33.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7816d',
    500: '#bb4b35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb4b35;
$custom-light: #d7816d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb4b35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.851,
    "s": 55.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55793,
    "c": 0.14957,
    "h": 33
  },
  "luminance": 0.15854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB4B35

secondary

#83BDC9

accent

#C6DF49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB4B35

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

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