#BB4C48#BB4C48

#BB4C48 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.145 H 24.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB4C48
RGB	rgb(187, 76, 72)
HSL	hsl(2, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(2, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.4%, 61.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.24, 44.53, 25.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.24, 51.23, 29.64°)
OKLab	oklab(56.23% 0.1312 0.0609)
OKLCH	oklch(56.23% 0.145 24.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.2499, 16.2047, 7.9805)
Luminance	0.1620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB4C48 #48B7BB

analogous

#BB487D #BB4C48 #BB8548

triadic

#BB4C48 #48BB4C #4C48BB

tetradic

#BB4C48 #7DBB48 #48B7BB #8548BB

square

#BB4C48 #7DBB48 #48B7BB #8548BB

split-complementary

#BB4C48 #48BB85 #487DBB

monochromatic

#642725 #903936 #BB4C48 #CC7875 #DCA3A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.95

#BB4C48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.24

#BB4C48 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB4C48

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB4C48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB4C48	1.00	4.95	4.24	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#686147

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847945

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC374C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb4c48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 76, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.145 24.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5827b',
    500: '#bb4c48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb4c48;
$custom-light: #d5827b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb4c48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.087,
    "s": 45.817,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56226,
    "c": 0.1446,
    "h": 24.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB4C48

secondary

#96C7C9

accent

#D1D552

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFED

border

#D4CAC8

text

#150B09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB4C48

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

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