#BB4C38#BB4C38

#BB4C38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.148 H 32.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB4C38
RGB	rgb(187, 76, 56)
HSL	hsl(9, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(9, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.4%, 70.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.00, 43.56, 34.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.00, 55.46, 38.25°)
OKLab	oklab(55.97% 0.1251 0.0788)
OKLCH	oklch(55.97% 0.148 32.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.7942, 16.0224, 5.5803)
Luminance	0.1602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB4C38 #38A7BB

analogous

#BB3866 #BB4C38 #BB8D38

triadic

#BB4C38 #38BB4C #4C38BB

tetradic

#BB4C38 #66BB38 #38A7BB #8D38BB

square

#BB4C38 #66BB38 #38A7BB #8D38BB

split-complementary

#BB4C38 #38BB8D #3866BB

monochromatic

#5D261C #8C392A #BB4C38 #D07261 #DE9C90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.00

#BB4C38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.20

#BB4C38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB4C38

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB4C38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB4C38	1.00	5.00	4.20	5.00
#FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6035

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857935

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD3448

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb4c38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 76, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.148 32.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6826f',
    500: '#bb4c38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb4c38;
$custom-light: #d6826f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb4c38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.16,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5597,
    "c": 0.14784,
    "h": 32.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB4C38

secondary

#86BEC8

accent

#C7DD4B

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB4C38

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

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