#BB4B50#BB4B50

#BB4B50 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.145 H 20.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB4B50
RGB	rgb(187, 75, 80)
HSL	hsl(357, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(357, 60%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.9%, 57.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.21, 45.58, 20.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.21, 49.99, 24.23°)
OKLab	oklab(56.25% 0.1358 0.0504)
OKLCH	oklch(56.25% 0.145 20.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.4597, 16.1792, 9.4227)
Luminance	0.1618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB4B50 #4BBBB6

analogous

#BB4B88 #BB4B50 #BB7E4B

triadic

#BB4B50 #50BB4B #4B50BB

tetradic

#BB4B50 #88BB4B #4BBBB6 #7E4BBB

square

#BB4B50 #88BB4B #4BBBB6 #7E4BBB

split-complementary

#BB4B50 #4BBB7E #4B88BB

monochromatic

#652629 #92373B #BB4B50 #CC777B #DDA4A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.96

#BB4B50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.24

#BB4B50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB4B50

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB4B50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB4B50	1.00	4.96	4.24	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#66614F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82794D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC374E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb4b50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 75, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.145 20.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58281',
    500: '#bb4b50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb4b50;
$custom-light: #d58281;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb4b50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.321,
    "s": 45.161,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56248,
    "c": 0.14486,
    "h": 20.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB4B50

secondary

#98CAC7

accent

#D5CF53

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFEE

border

#D4CAC9

text

#150B0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB4B50

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

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