#BB4E49#BB4E49

#BB4E49 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.142 H 25.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB4E49
RGB	rgb(187, 78, 73)
HSL	hsl(3, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(3, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.3%, 61%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.62, 43.65, 25.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.62, 50.41, 30.03°)
OKLab	oklab(56.52% 0.1286 0.0608)
OKLCH	oklch(56.52% 0.142 25.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.4227, 16.4977, 8.2003)
Luminance	0.1650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB4E49 #49B6BB

analogous

#BB497D #BB4E49 #BB8749

triadic

#BB4E49 #49BB4E #4E49BB

tetradic

#BB4E49 #7DBB49 #49B6BB #8749BB

square

#BB4E49 #7DBB49 #49B6BB #8749BB

split-complementary

#BB4E49 #49BB87 #497DBB

monochromatic

#642825 #913A36 #BB4E49 #CC7976 #DCA5A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#BB4E49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#BB4E49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB4E49

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB4E49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB4E49	1.00	4.88	4.30	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#696248

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857A46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC3A4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb4e49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 78, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.142 25.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5837c',
    500: '#bb4e49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb4e49;
$custom-light: #d5837c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb4e49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.632,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56517,
    "c": 0.14219,
    "h": 25.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB4E49

secondary

#97C7C9

accent

#D0D553

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFEE

border

#D4CAC9

text

#150B09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB4E49

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

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