#BB4C42#BB4C42

#BB4C42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.146 H 27.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB4C42
RGB	rgb(187, 76, 66)
HSL	hsl(5, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(5, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.4%, 64.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.14, 44.13, 28.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.14, 52.67, 33.08°)
OKLab	oklab(56.12% 0.1288 0.068)
OKLCH	oklch(56.12% 0.146 27.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.0636, 16.1302, 6.9995)
Luminance	0.1613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB4C42 #42B1BB

analogous

#BB4274 #BB4C42 #BB8942

triadic

#BB4C42 #42BB4C #4C42BB

tetradic

#BB4C42 #74BB42 #42B1BB #8942BB

square

#BB4C42 #74BB42 #42B1BB #8942BB

split-complementary

#BB4C42 #42BB89 #4274BB

monochromatic

#612722 #8E3A32 #BB4C42 #CC766E #DCA19C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.97

#BB4C42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#BB4C42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB4C42

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB4C42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB4C42	1.00	4.97	4.23	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#696140

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84793F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD364A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb4c42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 76, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.146 27.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68276',
    500: '#bb4c42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb4c42;
$custom-light: #d68276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb4c42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.959,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56121,
    "c": 0.14564,
    "h": 27.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB4C42

secondary

#91C3C8

accent

#CCD750

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB4C42

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

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