#BB4D38#BB4D38

#BB4D38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.147 H 32.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB4D38
RGB	rgb(187, 77, 56)
HSL	hsl(10, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(10, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.8%, 70.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.19, 43.08, 34.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.19, 55.22, 38.73°)
OKLab	oklab(56.11% 0.1236 0.0793)
OKLCH	oklch(56.11% 0.147 32.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.8636, 16.1612, 5.6034)
Luminance	0.1616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB4D38 #38A6BB

analogous

#BB3865 #BB4D38 #BB8E38

triadic

#BB4D38 #38BB4D #4D38BB

tetradic

#BB4D38 #65BB38 #38A6BB #8E38BB

square

#BB4D38 #65BB38 #38A6BB #8E38BB

split-complementary

#BB4D38 #38BB8E #3865BB

monochromatic

#5D261C #8C3A2A #BB4D38 #D07261 #DE9C90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.96

#BB4D38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#BB4D38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB4D38

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB4D38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB4D38	1.00	4.96	4.23	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6135

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867935

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD3548

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb4d38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 77, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.147 32.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6836f',
    500: '#bb4d38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb4d38;
$custom-light: #d6836f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb4d38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.618,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56107,
    "c": 0.14684,
    "h": 32.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB4D38

secondary

#86BEC8

accent

#C6DD4B

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB4D38

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

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