#BB4F49#BB4F49

#BB4F49 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.141 H 25.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB4F49
RGB	rgb(187, 79, 73)
HSL	hsl(3, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(3, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.8%, 61%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.80, 43.17, 25.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.80, 50.12, 30.54°)
OKLab	oklab(56.66% 0.1271 0.0613)
OKLCH	oklch(56.66% 0.141 25.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.4943, 16.6409, 8.2242)
Luminance	0.1664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB4F49 #49B5BB

analogous

#BB497C #BB4F49 #BB8849

triadic

#BB4F49 #49BB4F #4F49BB

tetradic

#BB4F49 #7CBB49 #49B5BB #8849BB

square

#BB4F49 #7CBB49 #49B5BB #8849BB

split-complementary

#BB4F49 #49BB88 #497CBB

monochromatic

#642925 #913B36 #BB4F49 #CC7A76 #DCA5A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.85

#BB4F49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33

#BB4F49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB4F49

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB4F49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB4F49	1.00	4.85	4.33	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6348

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857A46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC3B4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb4f49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 79, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.141 25.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5847c',
    500: '#bb4f49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb4f49;
$custom-light: #d5847c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb4f49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.158,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56656,
    "c": 0.14106,
    "h": 25.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB4F49

secondary

#97C6C9

accent

#CED553

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFEE

border

#D4CAC9

text

#150B09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB4F49

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

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