#BB4E46#BB4E46

#BB4E46 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.143 H 26.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB4E46
RGB	rgb(187, 78, 70)
HSL	hsl(4, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(4, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.3%, 62.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.57, 43.44, 26.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.57, 51.11, 31.80°)
OKLab	oklab(56.46% 0.1274 0.0643)
OKLCH	oklch(56.46% 0.143 26.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.3256, 16.4589, 7.6891)
Luminance	0.1646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB4E46 #46B3BB

analogous

#BB4678 #BB4E46 #BB8946

triadic

#BB4E46 #46BB4E #4E46BB

tetradic

#BB4E46 #78BB46 #46B3BB #8946BB

square

#BB4E46 #78BB46 #46B3BB #8946BB

split-complementary

#BB4E46 #46BB89 #4678BB

monochromatic

#622824 #8F3B35 #BB4E46 #CB7973 #DCA4A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#BB4E46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#BB4E46 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB4E46

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB4E46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB4E46	1.00	4.89	4.29	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6245

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857A43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC394D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb4e46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 78, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.143 26.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58379',
    500: '#bb4e46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb4e46;
$custom-light: #d58379;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb4e46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.103,
    "s": 46.245,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56463,
    "c": 0.1427,
    "h": 26.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB4E46

secondary

#94C5C8

accent

#CDD652

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFED

border

#D4CAC8

text

#150B09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB4E46

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

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