#BB4F48#BB4F48

#BB4F48 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.141 H 26.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB4F48
RGB	rgb(187, 79, 72)
HSL	hsl(4, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(4, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.8%, 61.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.79, 43.10, 26.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.79, 50.35, 31.14°)
OKLab	oklab(56.64% 0.1267 0.0625)
OKLCH	oklch(56.64% 0.141 26.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.4614, 16.6277, 8.0510)
Luminance	0.1663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB4F48 #48B4BB

analogous

#BB487A #BB4F48 #BB8848

triadic

#BB4F48 #48BB4F #4F48BB

tetradic

#BB4F48 #7ABB48 #48B4BB #8848BB

square

#BB4F48 #7ABB48 #48B4BB #8848BB

split-complementary

#BB4F48 #48BB88 #487ABB

monochromatic

#642925 #903B36 #BB4F48 #CC7A75 #DCA5A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#BB4F48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#BB4F48 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB4F48

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB4F48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB4F48	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)

#6A6347

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857A45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC3B4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb4f48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 79, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.141 26.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5847b',
    500: '#bb4f48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb4f48;
$custom-light: #d5847b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb4f48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.652,
    "s": 45.817,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56638,
    "c": 0.14122,
    "h": 26.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB4F48

secondary

#96C6C9

accent

#CDD552

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFED

border

#D4CAC8

text

#150B09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB4F48

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

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