#BB4D31#BB4D31

#BB4D31 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.149 H 35.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB4D31
RGB	rgb(187, 77, 49)
HSL	hsl(12, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(12, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.8%, 73.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.10, 42.73, 38.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.10, 57.40, 41.88°)
OKLab	oklab(56.02% 0.1212 0.0861)
OKLCH	oklch(56.02% 0.149 35.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.7042, 16.0975, 4.7640)
Luminance	0.1609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB4D31 #319FBB

analogous

#BB315A #BB4D31 #BB9231

triadic

#BB4D31 #31BB4D #4D31BB

tetradic

#BB4D31 #5ABB31 #319FBB #9231BB

square

#BB4D31 #5ABB31 #319FBB #9231BB

split-complementary

#BB4D31 #31BB92 #315ABB

monochromatic

#5A2518 #8B3924 #BB4D31 #D37056 #E09987

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.98

#BB4D31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#BB4D31 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB4D31

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB4D31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB4D31	1.00	4.98	4.22	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B612E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86792E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD3447

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb4d31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 77, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.149 35.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7826a',
    500: '#bb4d31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb4d31;
$custom-light: #d7826a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb4d31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.174,
    "s": 58.475,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56017,
    "c": 0.14864,
    "h": 35.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB4D31

secondary

#7FBAC9

accent

#C2E246

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB4D31

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

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