#BB4D42#BB4D42

#BB4D42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.145 H 28.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB4D42
RGB	rgb(187, 77, 66)
HSL	hsl(5, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(5, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.8%, 64.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.33, 43.66, 28.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.33, 52.40, 33.57°)
OKLab	oklab(56.26% 0.1273 0.0685)
OKLCH	oklch(56.26% 0.145 28.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.1330, 16.2690, 7.0226)
Luminance	0.1627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB4D42 #42B0BB

analogous

#BB4273 #BB4D42 #BB8A42

triadic

#BB4D42 #42BB4D #4D42BB

tetradic

#BB4D42 #73BB42 #42B0BB #8A42BB

square

#BB4D42 #73BB42 #42B0BB #8A42BB

split-complementary

#BB4D42 #42BB8A #4273BB

monochromatic

#612822 #8E3A32 #BB4D42 #CC776E #DCA19C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.94

#BB4D42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#BB4D42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB4D42

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB4D42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB4D42	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)

#696140

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85793F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD374B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb4d42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 77, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.145 28.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68376',
    500: '#bb4d42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb4d42;
$custom-light: #d68376;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb4d42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.455,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56258,
    "c": 0.14455,
    "h": 28.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB4D42

secondary

#91C3C8

accent

#CBD750

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB4D42

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

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