#BB4E3B#BB4E3B

#BB4E3B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.145 H 31.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB4E3B
RGB	rgb(187, 78, 59)
HSL	hsl(9, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(9, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.3%, 68.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.41, 42.76, 33.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.41, 54.08, 37.75°)
OKLab	oklab(56.29% 0.1232 0.0766)
OKLCH	oklch(56.29% 0.145 31.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.0097, 16.3325, 6.0250)
Luminance	0.1633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB4E3B #3BA8BB

analogous

#BB3B68 #BB4E3B #BB8E3B

triadic

#BB4E3B #3BBB4E #4E3BBB

tetradic

#BB4E3B #68BB3B #3BA8BB #8E3BBB

square

#BB4E3B #68BB3B #3BA8BB #8E3BBB

split-complementary

#BB4E3B #3BBB8E #3B68BB

monochromatic

#5E271E #8C3B2C #BB4E3B #CE7565 #DD9E93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.92

#BB4E3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.27

#BB4E3B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB4E3B

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB4E3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB4E3B	1.00	4.92	4.27	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6239

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867938

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD374A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb4e3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 78, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.145 31.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68371',
    500: '#bb4e3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb4e3b;
$custom-light: #d68371;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb4e3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.906,
    "s": 52.033,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56288,
    "c": 0.14508,
    "h": 31.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB4E3B

secondary

#8ABFC8

accent

#C6DB4C

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB4E3B

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

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