#BB4F38#BB4F38

#BB4F38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.145 H 33.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB4F38
RGB	rgb(187, 79, 56)
HSL	hsl(11, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(11, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.8%, 70.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.55, 42.12, 34.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.55, 54.74, 39.71°)
OKLab	oklab(56.39% 0.1206 0.0802)
OKLCH	oklch(56.39% 0.145 33.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.0057, 16.4454, 5.6508)
Luminance	0.1644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB4F38 #38A4BB

analogous

#BB3863 #BB4F38 #BB9038

triadic

#BB4F38 #38BB4F #4F38BB

tetradic

#BB4F38 #63BB38 #38A4BB #9038BB

square

#BB4F38 #63BB38 #38A4BB #9038BB

split-complementary

#BB4F38 #38BB90 #3863BB

monochromatic

#5D271C #8C3B2A #BB4F38 #D07461 #DE9D90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.90

#BB4F38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#BB4F38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB4F38

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB4F38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB4F38	1.00	4.90	4.29	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6235

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877A35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD384A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb4f38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 79, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.145 33.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6846f',
    500: '#bb4f38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb4f38;
$custom-light: #d6846f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb4f38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.534,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56385,
    "c": 0.14484,
    "h": 33.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB4F38

secondary

#86BDC8

accent

#C4DD4B

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB4F38

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

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