#BB4E50#BB4E50

#BB4E50 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.141 H 21.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB4E50
RGB	rgb(187, 78, 80)
HSL	hsl(359, 44%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(359, 58%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.3%, 57.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.75, 44.16, 21.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.75, 49.00, 25.67°)
OKLab	oklab(56.65% 0.1313 0.0521)
OKLCH	oklch(56.65% 0.141 21.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.6680, 16.5958, 9.4922)
Luminance	0.1659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB4E50 #4EBBB9

analogous

#BB4E87 #BB4E50 #BB834E

triadic

#BB4E50 #50BB4E #4E50BB

tetradic

#BB4E50 #87BB4E #4EBBB9 #834EBB

square

#BB4E50 #87BB4E #4EBBB9 #834EBB

split-complementary

#BB4E50 #4EBB83 #4E87BB

monochromatic

#672829 #93393A #BB4E50 #CC7A7C #DDA6A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#BB4E50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#BB4E50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB4E50

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB4E50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB4E50	1.00	4.86	4.32	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#68634F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847A4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC3B50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb4e50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 78, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.141 21.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58481',
    500: '#bb4e50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb4e50;
$custom-light: #d58481;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb4e50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.899,
    "s": 44.49,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56653,
    "c": 0.14129,
    "h": 21.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB4E50

secondary

#9BCAC9

accent

#D4D254

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFEE

border

#D4CAC9

text

#150B0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB4E50

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

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