#BB4D3B#BB4D3B

#BB4D3B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.146 H 31.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB4D3B
RGB	rgb(187, 77, 59)
HSL	hsl(8, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(8, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.8%, 68.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.22, 43.24, 32.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.22, 54.33, 37.26°)
OKLab	oklab(56.15% 0.1247 0.0762)
OKLCH	oklch(56.15% 0.146 31.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.9392, 16.1915, 6.0015)
Luminance	0.1619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB4D3B #3BA9BB

analogous

#BB3B69 #BB4D3B #BB8D3B

triadic

#BB4D3B #3BBB4D #4D3BBB

tetradic

#BB4D3B #69BB3B #3BA9BB #8D3BBB

square

#BB4D3B #69BB3B #3BA9BB #8D3BBB

split-complementary

#BB4D3B #3BBB8D #3B69BB

monochromatic

#5E271E #8C3A2C #BB4D3B #CE7465 #DD9E93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.96

#BB4D3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.24

#BB4D3B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB4D3B

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB4D3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB4D3B	1.00	4.96	4.24	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6139

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857938

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD3649

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb4d3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 77, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.146 31.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68371',
    500: '#bb4d3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb4d3b;
$custom-light: #d68371;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb4d3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.437,
    "s": 52.033,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56149,
    "c": 0.1461,
    "h": 31.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB4D3B

secondary

#8ABFC8

accent

#C7DB4C

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB4D3B

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

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