#BB4D40#BB4D40

#BB4D40 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.145 H 29.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB4D40
RGB	rgb(187, 77, 64)
HSL	hsl(6, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(6, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.8%, 65.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.30, 43.53, 30.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.30, 52.93, 34.66°)
OKLab	oklab(56.23% 0.1266 0.0707)
OKLCH	oklch(56.23% 0.145 29.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.0751, 16.2459, 6.7175)
Luminance	0.1624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB4D40 #40AEBB

analogous

#BB4071 #BB4D40 #BB8A40

triadic

#BB4D40 #40BB4D #4D40BB

tetradic

#BB4D40 #71BB40 #40AEBB #8A40BB

square

#BB4D40 #71BB40 #40AEBB #8A40BB

split-complementary

#BB4D40 #40BB8A #4071BB

monochromatic

#602721 #8D3A30 #BB4D40 #CD766C #DCA099

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.94

#BB4D40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#BB4D40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB4D40

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB4D40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB4D40	1.00	4.94	4.25	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A613E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85793D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD374A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb4d40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 77, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.145 29.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68375',
    500: '#bb4d40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb4d40;
$custom-light: #d68375;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb4d40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.341,
    "s": 49.004,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56225,
    "c": 0.14497,
    "h": 29.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB4D40

secondary

#8FC2C8

accent

#CAD94F

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB4D40

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

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