#BB4F33#BB4F33

#BB4F33 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.146 H 35.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB4F33
RGB	rgb(187, 79, 51)
HSL	hsl(12, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(12, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.8%, 72.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.49, 41.86, 37.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.49, 56.32, 41.98°)
OKLab	oklab(56.32% 0.1189 0.0851)
OKLCH	oklch(56.32% 0.146 35.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.8894, 16.3989, 5.0387)
Luminance	0.1640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB4F33 #339FBB

analogous

#BB335B #BB4F33 #BB9333

triadic

#BB4F33 #33BB4F #4F33BB

tetradic

#BB4F33 #5BBB33 #339FBB #9333BB

square

#BB4F33 #5BBB33 #339FBB #9333BB

split-complementary

#BB4F33 #33BB93 #335BBB

monochromatic

#5B2619 #8B3B26 #BB4F33 #D27259 #DF9B89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.91

#BB4F33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#BB4F33 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB4F33

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB4F33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB4F33	1.00	4.91	4.28	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6230

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877A30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD3749

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb4f33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 79, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.146 35.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6846c',
    500: '#bb4f33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb4f33;
$custom-light: #d6846c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb4f33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.353,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56321,
    "c": 0.14619,
    "h": 35.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB4F33

secondary

#81BAC9

accent

#C1E047

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB4F33

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

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