#BB4E38#BB4E38

#BB4E38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.146 H 33.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB4E38
RGB	rgb(187, 78, 56)
HSL	hsl(10, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(10, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.3%, 70.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.37, 42.60, 34.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.37, 54.98, 39.21°)
OKLab	oklab(56.25% 0.1221 0.0797)
OKLCH	oklch(56.25% 0.146 33.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.9341, 16.3023, 5.6269)
Luminance	0.1630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB4E38 #38A5BB

analogous

#BB3864 #BB4E38 #BB8F38

triadic

#BB4E38 #38BB4E #4E38BB

tetradic

#BB4E38 #64BB38 #38A5BB #8F38BB

square

#BB4E38 #64BB38 #38A5BB #8F38BB

split-complementary

#BB4E38 #38BB8F #3864BB

monochromatic

#5D271C #8C3A2A #BB4E38 #D07361 #DE9D90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.93

#BB4E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.26

#BB4E38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB4E38

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB4E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB4E38	1.00	4.93	4.26	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6135

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867935

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD3749

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb4e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 78, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.146 33.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6836f',
    500: '#bb4e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb4e38;
$custom-light: #d6836f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb4e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.076,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56245,
    "c": 0.14584,
    "h": 33.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB4E38

secondary

#86BDC8

accent

#C5DD4B

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB4E38

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

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