#BB4C46#BB4C46

#BB4C46 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.145 H 25.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB4C46
RGB	rgb(187, 76, 70)
HSL	hsl(3, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(3, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.4%, 62.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.21, 44.39, 26.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.21, 51.69, 30.82°)
OKLab	oklab(56.19% 0.1304 0.0633)
OKLCH	oklch(56.19% 0.145 25.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.1857, 16.1790, 7.6424)
Luminance	0.1618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB4C46 #46B5BB

analogous

#BB467A #BB4C46 #BB8646

triadic

#BB4C46 #46BB4C #4C46BB

tetradic

#BB4C46 #7ABB46 #46B5BB #8646BB

square

#BB4C46 #7ABB46 #46B5BB #8646BB

split-complementary

#BB4C46 #46BB86 #467ABB

monochromatic

#622724 #8F3935 #BB4C46 #CB7773 #DCA3A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.96

#BB4C46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.24

#BB4C46 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB4C46

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB4C46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB4C46	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)

#686145

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847943

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD364B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb4c46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 76, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.145 25.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68279',
    500: '#bb4c46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb4c46;
$custom-light: #d68279;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb4c46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.077,
    "s": 46.245,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5619,
    "c": 0.14492,
    "h": 25.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB4C46

secondary

#94C6C8

accent

#CFD652

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFED

border

#D4CAC8

text

#150B09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB4C46

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

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