#BB4E31#BB4E31

#BB4E31 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.148 H 35.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB4E31
RGB	rgb(187, 78, 49)
HSL	hsl(13, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(13, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.3%, 73.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.29, 42.25, 38.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.29, 57.18, 42.36°)
OKLab	oklab(56.16% 0.1197 0.0865)
OKLCH	oklch(56.16% 0.148 35.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.7747, 16.2385, 4.7875)
Luminance	0.1623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB4E31 #319EBB

analogous

#BB3159 #BB4E31 #BB9331

triadic

#BB4E31 #31BB4E #4E31BB

tetradic

#BB4E31 #59BB31 #319EBB #9331BB

square

#BB4E31 #59BB31 #319EBB #9331BB

split-complementary

#BB4E31 #31BB93 #3159BB

monochromatic

#5A2618 #8B3A24 #BB4E31 #D37156 #E09A87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.94

#BB4E31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#BB4E31 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB4E31

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB4E31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB4E31	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)

#6C612D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87792E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD3648

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb4e31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 78, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.148 35.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7836a',
    500: '#bb4e31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb4e31;
$custom-light: #d7836a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb4e31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.609,
    "s": 58.475,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56156,
    "c": 0.14769,
    "h": 35.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB4E31

secondary

#7FBAC9

accent

#C1E246

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB4E31

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

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