#BB4F40#BB4F40

#BB4F40 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.143 H 30.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB4F40
RGB	rgb(187, 79, 64)
HSL	hsl(7, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(7, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.8%, 65.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.66, 42.57, 30.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.66, 52.40, 35.66°)
OKLab	oklab(56.5% 0.1236 0.0717)
OKLCH	oklch(56.5% 0.143 30.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.2172, 16.5300, 6.7649)
Luminance	0.1653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB4F40 #40ACBB

analogous

#BB406F #BB4F40 #BB8D40

triadic

#BB4F40 #40BB4F #4F40BB

tetradic

#BB4F40 #6FBB40 #40ACBB #8D40BB

square

#BB4F40 #6FBB40 #40ACBB #8D40BB

split-complementary

#BB4F40 #40BB8D #406FBB

monochromatic

#602821 #8D3C30 #BB4F40 #CD776C #DCA199

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#BB4F40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#BB4F40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB4F40

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB4F40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB4F40	1.00	4.88	4.31	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B633E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867A3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD394C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb4f40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 79, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.143 30.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68475',
    500: '#bb4f40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb4f40;
$custom-light: #d68475;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb4f40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.317,
    "s": 49.004,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56503,
    "c": 0.14286,
    "h": 30.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB4F40

secondary

#8FC1C8

accent

#C8D94F

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB4F40

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

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