#BB4E35#BB4E35

#BB4E35 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.147 H 34.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB4E35
RGB	rgb(187, 78, 53)
HSL	hsl(11, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(11, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.3%, 71.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.33, 42.45, 36.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.33, 55.91, 40.61°)
OKLab	oklab(56.21% 0.1211 0.0827)
OKLCH	oklch(56.21% 0.147 34.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.8629, 16.2738, 5.2520)
Luminance	0.1627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB4E35 #35A2BB

analogous

#BB355F #BB4E35 #BB9135

triadic

#BB4E35 #35BB4E #4E35BB

tetradic

#BB4E35 #5FBB35 #35A2BB #9135BB

square

#BB4E35 #5FBB35 #35A2BB #9135BB

split-complementary

#BB4E35 #35BB91 #355FBB

monochromatic

#5C261A #8B3A27 #BB4E35 #D1725C #DE9B8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.94

#BB4E35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#BB4E35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB4E35

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB4E35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB4E35	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)

#6C6132

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867932

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD3649

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb4e35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 78, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.147 34.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6836d',
    500: '#bb4e35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb4e35;
$custom-light: #d6836d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb4e35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.194,
    "s": 55.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56206,
    "c": 0.14661,
    "h": 34.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB4E35

secondary

#83BCC9

accent

#C3DF49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB4E35

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

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