#BB4B46#BB4B46

#BB4B46 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.146 H 25.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB4B46
RGB	rgb(187, 75, 70)
HSL	hsl(3, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(3, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.9%, 62.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.03, 44.86, 26.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.03, 51.98, 30.34°)
OKLab	oklab(56.06% 0.1318 0.0628)
OKLCH	oklch(56.06% 0.146 25.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.1173, 16.0423, 7.6196)
Luminance	0.1604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB4B46 #46B6BB

analogous

#BB467B #BB4B46 #BB8546

triadic

#BB4B46 #46BB4B #4B46BB

tetradic

#BB4B46 #7BBB46 #46B6BB #8546BB

square

#BB4B46 #7BBB46 #46B6BB #8546BB

split-complementary

#BB4B46 #46BB85 #467BBB

monochromatic

#622724 #8F3835 #BB4B46 #CB7773 #DCA2A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.99

#BB4B46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.21

#BB4B46 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB4B46

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB4B46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB4B46	1.00	4.99	4.21	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#686145

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847843

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD354B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb4b46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 75, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.146 25.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68279',
    500: '#bb4b46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb4b46;
$custom-light: #d68279;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb4b46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.564,
    "s": 46.245,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56055,
    "c": 0.14603,
    "h": 25.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB4B46

secondary

#94C6C8

accent

#D0D652

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFED

border

#D4CAC8

text

#150B09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB4B46

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

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