#BB4E45#BB4E45

#BB4E45 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.143 H 27.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB4E45
RGB	rgb(187, 78, 69)
HSL	hsl(5, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(5, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.3%, 63.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.55, 43.37, 27.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.55, 51.36, 32.38°)
OKLab	oklab(56.45% 0.127 0.0655)
OKLCH	oklch(56.45% 0.143 27.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.2943, 16.4464, 7.5242)
Luminance	0.1644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB4E45 #45B2BB

analogous

#BB4577 #BB4E45 #BB8945

triadic

#BB4E45 #45BB4E #4E45BB

tetradic

#BB4E45 #77BB45 #45B2BB #8945BB

square

#BB4E45 #77BB45 #45B2BB #8945BB

split-complementary

#BB4E45 #45BB89 #4577BB

monochromatic

#622924 #8F3B34 #BB4E45 #CB7972 #DCA39F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.90

#BB4E45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#BB4E45 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB4E45

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB4E45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB4E45	1.00	4.90	4.29	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6244

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857A42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD394C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb4e45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 78, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.143 27.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58379',
    500: '#bb4e45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb4e45;
$custom-light: #d58379;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb4e45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.576,
    "s": 46.457,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56446,
    "c": 0.14289,
    "h": 27.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB4E45

secondary

#94C4C8

accent

#CCD652

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFED

border

#D4CAC8

text

#150B09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB4E45

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

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