#BB4E30#BB4E30

#BB4E30 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.148 H 36.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB4E30
RGB	rgb(187, 78, 48)
HSL	hsl(13, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(13, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.3%, 74.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.28, 42.21, 39.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.28, 57.50, 42.77°)
OKLab	oklab(56.15% 0.1194 0.0874)
OKLCH	oklch(56.15% 0.148 36.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.7538, 16.2302, 4.6776)
Luminance	0.1623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB4E30 #309DBB

analogous

#BB3057 #BB4E30 #BB9330

triadic

#BB4E30 #30BB4E #4E30BB

tetradic

#BB4E30 #57BB30 #309DBB #9330BB

square

#BB4E30 #57BB30 #309DBB #9330BB

split-complementary

#BB4E30 #30BB93 #3057BB

monochromatic

#5A2517 #8A3A23 #BB4E30 #D37055 #E09986

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.95

#BB4E30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#BB4E30 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB4E30

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB4E30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB4E30	1.00	4.95	4.25	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C612C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87792D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD3648

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb4e30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 78, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.148 36.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7836a',
    500: '#bb4e30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb4e30;
$custom-light: #d7836a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb4e30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.95,
    "s": 59.149,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56145,
    "c": 0.14795,
    "h": 36.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB4E30

secondary

#7DB9C9

accent

#C0E245

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB4E30

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

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