#BB4C49#BB4C49

#BB4C49 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.144 H 24.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB4C49
RGB	rgb(187, 76, 73)
HSL	hsl(2, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(2, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.4%, 61%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.26, 44.60, 24.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.26, 51.01, 29.05°)
OKLab	oklab(56.24% 0.1315 0.0597)
OKLCH	oklch(56.24% 0.144 24.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.2828, 16.2178, 8.1537)
Luminance	0.1621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB4C49 #49B8BB

analogous

#BB497F #BB4C49 #BB8549

triadic

#BB4C49 #49BB4C #4C49BB

tetradic

#BB4C49 #7FBB49 #49B8BB #8549BB

square

#BB4C49 #7FBB49 #49B8BB #8549BB

split-complementary

#BB4C49 #49BB85 #497FBB

monochromatic

#642725 #913836 #BB4C49 #CC7876 #DCA4A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.95

#BB4C49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.24

#BB4C49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB4C49

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB4C49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB4C49	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)

#686148

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847946

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC374C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb4c49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 76, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.144 24.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5827b',
    500: '#bb4c49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb4c49;
$custom-light: #d5827b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb4c49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.579,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56244,
    "c": 0.14445,
    "h": 24.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB4C49

secondary

#97C8C9

accent

#D2D553

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFEE

border

#D4CAC9

text

#150B09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB4C49

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

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