#BB4F36#BB4F36

#BB4F36 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.145 H 34.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB4F36
RGB	rgb(187, 79, 54)
HSL	hsl(11, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(11, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.8%, 71.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.53, 42.01, 36.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.53, 55.37, 40.64°)
OKLab	oklab(56.36% 0.1199 0.0822)
OKLCH	oklch(56.36% 0.145 34.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.9577, 16.4263, 5.3983)
Luminance	0.1642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB4F36 #36A2BB

analogous

#BB3660 #BB4F36 #BB9136

triadic

#BB4F36 #36BB4F #4F36BB

tetradic

#BB4F36 #60BB36 #36A2BB #9136BB

square

#BB4F36 #60BB36 #36A2BB #9136BB

split-complementary

#BB4F36 #36BB91 #3660BB

monochromatic

#5C271B #8C3B28 #BB4F36 #D0735E #DE9C8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.90

#BB4F36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#BB4F36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB4F36

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB4F36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB4F36	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)

#6C6233

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877A33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD384A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb4f36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 79, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.145 34.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6846e',
    500: '#bb4f36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb4f36;
$custom-light: #d6846e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb4f36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.278,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56359,
    "c": 0.14538,
    "h": 34.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB4F36

secondary

#84BCC9

accent

#C2DF49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB4F36

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

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