#BB4B38#BB4B38

#BB4B38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.149 H 31.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB4B38
RGB	rgb(187, 75, 56)
HSL	hsl(9, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(9, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.9%, 70.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.82, 44.03, 34.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.82, 55.71, 37.78°)
OKLab	oklab(55.83% 0.1266 0.0784)
OKLCH	oklch(55.83% 0.149 31.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.7258, 15.8857, 5.5575)
Luminance	0.1588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB4B38 #38A8BB

analogous

#BB3867 #BB4B38 #BB8C38

triadic

#BB4B38 #38BB4B #4B38BB

tetradic

#BB4B38 #67BB38 #38A8BB #8C38BB

square

#BB4B38 #67BB38 #38A8BB #8C38BB

split-complementary

#BB4B38 #38BB8C #3867BB

monochromatic

#5D251C #8C382A #BB4B38 #D07161 #DE9B90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.03

#BB4B38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.18

#BB4B38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB4B38

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB4B38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB4B38	1.00	5.03	4.18	5.03
#FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#696036

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857835

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD3247

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb4b38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 75, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.149 31.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6816f',
    500: '#bb4b38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb4b38;
$custom-light: #d6816f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb4b38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.702,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55834,
    "c": 0.14885,
    "h": 31.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB4B38

secondary

#86BFC8

accent

#C8DD4B

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB4B38

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

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