#BB4B47#BB4B47

#BB4B47 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.146 H 25.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB4B47
RGB	rgb(187, 75, 71)
HSL	hsl(2, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(2, 62%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.9%, 62%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.05, 44.93, 25.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.05, 51.75, 29.75°)
OKLab	oklab(56.07% 0.1322 0.0616)
OKLCH	oklch(56.07% 0.146 25)
XYZ	xyz(24.1492, 16.0550, 7.7873)
Luminance	0.1605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB4B47 #47B7BB

analogous

#BB477D #BB4B47 #BB8547

triadic

#BB4B47 #47BB4B #4B47BB

tetradic

#BB4B47 #7DBB47 #47B7BB #8547BB

square

#BB4B47 #7DBB47 #47B7BB #8547BB

split-complementary

#BB4B47 #47BB85 #477DBB

monochromatic

#632725 #903835 #BB4B47 #CC7774 #DCA2A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.99

#BB4B47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.21

#BB4B47 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB4B47

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB4B47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB4B47	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)

#676146

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837844

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD354B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb4b47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 75, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.146 25.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6827a',
    500: '#bb4b47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb4b47;
$custom-light: #d6827a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb4b47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.069,
    "s": 46.032,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56073,
    "c": 0.14587,
    "h": 25
  },
  "luminance": 0.16052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB4B47

secondary

#95C7C9

accent

#D1D652

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFED

border

#D4CAC8

text

#150B09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB4B47

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

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