#BB4D36#BB4D36

#BB4D36 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.147 H 33.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB4D36
RGB	rgb(187, 77, 54)
HSL	hsl(10, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(10, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.8%, 71.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.16, 42.98, 35.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.16, 55.83, 39.67°)
OKLab	oklab(56.08% 0.1229 0.0813)
OKLCH	oklch(56.08% 0.147 33.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.8156, 16.1421, 5.3510)
Luminance	0.1614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB4D36 #36A4BB

analogous

#BB3661 #BB4D36 #BB9036

triadic

#BB4D36 #36BB4D #4D36BB

tetradic

#BB4D36 #61BB36 #36A4BB #9036BB

square

#BB4D36 #61BB36 #36A4BB #9036BB

split-complementary

#BB4D36 #36BB90 #3661BB

monochromatic

#5C261B #8C3928 #BB4D36 #D0725E #DE9B8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.97

#BB4D36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#BB4D36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB4D36

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB4D36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB4D36	1.00	4.97	4.23	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6133

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867933

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD3548

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb4d36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 77, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.147 33.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6836e',
    500: '#bb4d36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb4d36;
$custom-light: #d6836e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb4d36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.376,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5608,
    "c": 0.14734,
    "h": 33.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB4D36

secondary

#84BDC9

accent

#C5DF49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB4D36

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

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