#BB4D39#BB4D39

#BB4D39 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.147 H 32.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB4D39
RGB	rgb(187, 77, 57)
HSL	hsl(9, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(9, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.8%, 69.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.20, 43.13, 34.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.20, 54.92, 38.25°)
OKLab	oklab(56.12% 0.124 0.0782)
OKLCH	oklch(56.12% 0.147 32.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.8883, 16.1711, 5.7335)
Luminance	0.1617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB4D39 #39A7BB

analogous

#BB3966 #BB4D39 #BB8E39

triadic

#BB4D39 #39BB4D #4D39BB

tetradic

#BB4D39 #66BB39 #39A7BB #8E39BB

square

#BB4D39 #66BB39 #39A7BB #8E39BB

split-complementary

#BB4D39 #39BB8E #3966BB

monochromatic

#5D261C #8C3A2B #BB4D39 #CF7362 #DD9D91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.96

#BB4D39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#BB4D39 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB4D39

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB4D39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB4D39	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)

#6A6136

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867936

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD3549

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb4d39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 77, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.147 32.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68370',
    500: '#bb4d39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb4d39;
$custom-light: #d68370;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb4d39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.231,
    "s": 53.279,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56121,
    "c": 0.14659,
    "h": 32.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB4D39

secondary

#87BEC8

accent

#C6DD4B

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB4D39

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

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