#BB4F35#BB4F35

#BB4F35 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.146 H 34.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB4F35
RGB	rgb(187, 79, 53)
HSL	hsl(12, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(12, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.8%, 71.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.52, 41.96, 36.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.52, 55.68, 41.09°)
OKLab	oklab(56.35% 0.1196 0.0832)
OKLCH	oklch(56.35% 0.146 34.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.9345, 16.4170, 5.2759)
Luminance	0.1641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB4F35 #35A1BB

analogous

#BB355E #BB4F35 #BB9235

triadic

#BB4F35 #35BB4F #4F35BB

tetradic

#BB4F35 #5EBB35 #35A1BB #9235BB

square

#BB4F35 #5EBB35 #35A1BB #9235BB

split-complementary

#BB4F35 #35BB92 #355EBB

monochromatic

#5C271A #8B3B27 #BB4F35 #D1735C #DE9C8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.90

#BB4F35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#BB4F35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB4F35

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB4F35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB4F35	1.00	4.90	4.28	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6232

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877A32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD3849

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb4f35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 79, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.146 34.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6846d',
    500: '#bb4f35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb4f35;
$custom-light: #d6846d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb4f35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.642,
    "s": 55.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56346,
    "c": 0.14565,
    "h": 34.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB4F35

secondary

#83BBC9

accent

#C2DF49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB4F35

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

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