#BB4B49#BB4B49

#BB4B49 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.146 H 24.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB4B49
RGB	rgb(187, 75, 73)
HSL	hsl(1, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(1, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.9%, 61%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.08, 45.07, 24.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.08, 51.32, 28.57°)
OKLab	oklab(56.11% 0.133 0.0592)
OKLCH	oklch(56.11% 0.146 24)
XYZ	xyz(24.2144, 16.0811, 8.1309)
Luminance	0.1608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB4B49 #49B9BB

analogous

#BB4980 #BB4B49 #BB8449

triadic

#BB4B49 #49BB4B #4B49BB

tetradic

#BB4B49 #80BB49 #49B9BB #8449BB

square

#BB4B49 #80BB49 #49B9BB #8449BB

split-complementary

#BB4B49 #49BB84 #4980BB

monochromatic

#642725 #913836 #BB4B49 #CC7776 #DCA3A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.98

#BB4B49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#BB4B49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB4B49

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB4B49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB4B49	1.00	4.98	4.22	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#676148

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837946

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC364B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb4b49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 75, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.146 24.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5827b',
    500: '#bb4b49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb4b49;
$custom-light: #d5827b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb4b49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.053,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5611,
    "c": 0.14559,
    "h": 24
  },
  "luminance": 0.16078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB4B49

secondary

#97C8C9

accent

#D3D553

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFEE

border

#D4CAC9

text

#150B09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB4B49

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

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