#BB4F42#BB4F42

#BB4F42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.142 H 29.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB4F42
RGB	rgb(187, 79, 66)
HSL	hsl(6, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(6, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.8%, 64.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.69, 42.70, 29.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.69, 51.86, 34.57°)
OKLab	oklab(56.54% 0.1243 0.0695)
OKLCH	oklch(56.54% 0.142 29.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.2751, 16.5532, 7.0700)
Luminance	0.1655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB4F42 #42AEBB

analogous

#BB4272 #BB4F42 #BB8B42

triadic

#BB4F42 #42BB4F #4F42BB

tetradic

#BB4F42 #72BB42 #42AEBB #8B42BB

square

#BB4F42 #72BB42 #42AEBB #8B42BB

split-complementary

#BB4F42 #42BB8B #4272BB

monochromatic

#612922 #8E3C32 #BB4F42 #CC786E #DCA29C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#BB4F42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#BB4F42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB4F42

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB4F42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB4F42	1.00	4.87	4.31	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6340

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867A3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD3A4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb4f42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 79, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.142 29.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68476',
    500: '#bb4f42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb4f42;
$custom-light: #d68476;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb4f42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.446,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56535,
    "c": 0.14241,
    "h": 29.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB4F42

secondary

#91C2C8

accent

#C9D750

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFED

border

#D4CAC8

text

#150B08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB4F42

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

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