#BB4C45#BB4C45

#BB4C45 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.145 H 26.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB4C45
RGB	rgb(187, 76, 69)
HSL	hsl(4, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(4, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.4%, 63.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.19, 44.33, 27.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.19, 51.93, 31.39°)
OKLab	oklab(56.17% 0.13 0.0645)
OKLCH	oklch(56.17% 0.145 26.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.1544, 16.1665, 7.4776)
Luminance	0.1616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB4C45 #45B4BB

analogous

#BB4579 #BB4C45 #BB8745

triadic

#BB4C45 #45BB4C #4C45BB

tetradic

#BB4C45 #79BB45 #45B4BB #8745BB

square

#BB4C45 #79BB45 #45B4BB #8745BB

split-complementary

#BB4C45 #45BB87 #4579BB

monochromatic

#622724 #8F3A34 #BB4C45 #CB7772 #DCA29F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.96

#BB4C45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#BB4C45 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB4C45

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB4C45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB4C45	1.00	4.96	4.23	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#686144

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847942

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD364B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb4c45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 76, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.145 26.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68279',
    500: '#bb4c45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb4c45;
$custom-light: #d68279;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb4c45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.559,
    "s": 46.457,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56172,
    "c": 0.14509,
    "h": 26.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB4C45

secondary

#94C5C8

accent

#CED652

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFED

border

#D4CAC8

text

#150B09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB4C45

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

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