#BB4B48#BB4B48

#BB4B48 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.146 H 24.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB4B48
RGB	rgb(187, 75, 72)
HSL	hsl(2, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(2, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.9%, 61.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.06, 45.00, 25.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.06, 51.53, 29.16°)
OKLab	oklab(56.09% 0.1326 0.0604)
OKLCH	oklch(56.09% 0.146 24.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.1815, 16.0680, 7.9577)
Luminance	0.1606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB4B48 #48B8BB

analogous

#BB487E #BB4B48 #BB8448

triadic

#BB4B48 #48BB4B #4B48BB

tetradic

#BB4B48 #7EBB48 #48B8BB #8448BB

square

#BB4B48 #7EBB48 #48B8BB #8448BB

split-complementary

#BB4B48 #48BB84 #487EBB

monochromatic

#642725 #903836 #BB4B48 #CC7775 #DCA3A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.98

#BB4B48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.21

#BB4B48 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB4B48

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB4B48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB4B48	1.00	4.98	4.21	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#676147

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837945

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC354B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb4b48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 75, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.146 24.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5827b',
    500: '#bb4b48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb4b48;
$custom-light: #d5827b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb4b48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.565,
    "s": 45.817,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56092,
    "c": 0.14573,
    "h": 24.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB4B48

secondary

#96C8C9

accent

#D2D552

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFED

border

#D4CAC8

text

#150B09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB4B48

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

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