#BB4B41#BB4B41

#BB4B41 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.147 H 27.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB4B41
RGB	rgb(187, 75, 65)
HSL	hsl(5, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(5, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.9%, 65.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.95, 44.54, 29.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.95, 53.20, 33.16°)
OKLab	oklab(55.97% 0.1299 0.0686)
OKLCH	oklch(55.97% 0.147 27.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.9660, 15.9818, 6.8228)
Luminance	0.1598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB4B41 #41B1BB

analogous

#BB4174 #BB4B41 #BB8841

triadic

#BB4B41 #41BB4B #4B41BB

tetradic

#BB4B41 #74BB41 #41B1BB #8841BB

square

#BB4B41 #74BB41 #41B1BB #8841BB

split-complementary

#BB4B41 #41BB88 #4174BB

monochromatic

#602721 #8E3931 #BB4B41 #CC756D #DCA09A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.01

#BB4B41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.20

#BB4B41 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB4B41

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB4B41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB4B41	1.00	5.01	4.20	5.01
#FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#68603F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84783E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD3449

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb4b41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 75, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.147 27.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68276',
    500: '#bb4b41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb4b41;
$custom-light: #d68276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb4b41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.918,
    "s": 48.413,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5597,
    "c": 0.1469,
    "h": 27.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB4B41

secondary

#90C3C8

accent

#CDD850

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB4B41

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

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