#BB4B39#BB4B39

#BB4B39 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.149 H 31.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB4B39
RGB	rgb(187, 75, 57)
HSL	hsl(8, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(8, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.9%, 69.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.84, 44.08, 33.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.84, 55.41, 37.30°)
OKLab	oklab(55.85% 0.1269 0.0773)
OKLCH	oklch(55.85% 0.149 31.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.7505, 15.8955, 5.6876)
Luminance	0.1589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB4B39 #39A9BB

analogous

#BB3968 #BB4B39 #BB8C39

triadic

#BB4B39 #39BB4B #4B39BB

tetradic

#BB4B39 #68BB39 #39A9BB #8C39BB

square

#BB4B39 #68BB39 #39A9BB #8C39BB

split-complementary

#BB4B39 #39BB8C #3968BB

monochromatic

#5D251C #8C382B #BB4B39 #CF7162 #DD9C91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.03

#BB4B39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.18

#BB4B39 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB4B39

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB4B39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB4B39	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)

#696037

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857836

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD3347

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb4b39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 75, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.149 31.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68170',
    500: '#bb4b39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb4b39;
$custom-light: #d68170;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb4b39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.308,
    "s": 53.279,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55848,
    "c": 0.14861,
    "h": 31.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB4B39

secondary

#87BFC8

accent

#C9DD4B

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB4B39

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

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