#BB4E42#BB4E42

#BB4E42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.143 H 28.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB4E42
RGB	rgb(187, 78, 66)
HSL	hsl(6, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(6, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.3%, 64.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.51, 43.18, 29.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.51, 52.13, 34.07°)
OKLab	oklab(56.4% 0.1258 0.069)
OKLCH	oklch(56.4% 0.143 28.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.2036, 16.4100, 7.0461)
Luminance	0.1641 (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

#BB4E42 #42AFBB

analogous

#BB4273 #BB4E42 #BB8A42

triadic

#BB4E42 #42BB4E #4E42BB

tetradic

#BB4E42 #73BB42 #42AFBB #8A42BB

square

#BB4E42 #73BB42 #42AFBB #8A42BB

split-complementary

#BB4E42 #42BB8A #4273BB

monochromatic

#612822 #8E3B32 #BB4E42 #CC786E #DCA29C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.90

#BB4E42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#BB4E42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB4E42

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB4E42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB4E42	1.00	4.90	4.28	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6240

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857A3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD384C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb4e42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 78, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.143 28.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68376',
    500: '#bb4e42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb4e42;
$custom-light: #d68376;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb4e42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.95,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56395,
    "c": 0.14349,
    "h": 28.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB4E42

secondary

#91C3C8

accent

#CAD750

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#150B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB4E42

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

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