#BB4F46#BB4F46

#BB4F46 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.142 H 27.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB4F46
RGB	rgb(187, 79, 70)
HSL	hsl(5, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(5, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.8%, 62.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.75, 42.96, 27.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.75, 50.83, 32.31°)
OKLab	oklab(56.6% 0.1259 0.0649)
OKLCH	oklch(56.6% 0.142 27.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.3972, 16.6021, 7.7129)
Luminance	0.1660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB4F46 #46B2BB

analogous

#BB4678 #BB4F46 #BB8946

triadic

#BB4F46 #46BB4F #4F46BB

tetradic

#BB4F46 #78BB46 #46B2BB #8946BB

square

#BB4F46 #78BB46 #46B2BB #8946BB

split-complementary

#BB4F46 #46BB89 #4678BB

monochromatic

#622924 #8F3C35 #BB4F46 #CB7A73 #DCA4A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#BB4F46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#BB4F46 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB4F46

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB4F46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB4F46	1.00	4.86	4.32	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6345

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857A43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC3A4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb4f46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 79, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.142 27.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58479',
    500: '#bb4f46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb4f46;
$custom-light: #d58479;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb4f46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.615,
    "s": 46.245,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56602,
    "c": 0.14159,
    "h": 27.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB4F46

secondary

#94C4C8

accent

#CCD652

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFED

border

#D4CAC8

text

#150B09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB4F46

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

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