#BB4F50#BB4F50

#BB4F50 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.140 H 22.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB4F50
RGB	rgb(187, 79, 80)
HSL	hsl(359, 44%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(359, 58%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.8%, 57.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.93, 43.68, 21.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.93, 48.67, 26.17°)
OKLab	oklab(56.79% 0.1298 0.0526)
OKLCH	oklch(56.79% 0.14 22.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.7396, 16.7390, 9.5160)
Luminance	0.1674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB4F50 #4FBBBA

analogous

#BB4F86 #BB4F50 #BB844F

triadic

#BB4F50 #50BB4F #4F50BB

tetradic

#BB4F50 #86BB4F #4FBBBA #844FBB

square

#BB4F50 #86BB4F #4FBBBA #844FBB

split-complementary

#BB4F50 #4FBB84 #4F86BB

monochromatic

#682829 #94393A #BB4F50 #CC7B7C #DDA7A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.83

#BB4F50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#BB4F50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB4F50

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB4F50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB4F50	1.00	4.83	4.35	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#69644F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847A4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC3C50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb4f50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 79, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.140 22.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58481',
    500: '#bb4f50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb4f50;
$custom-light: #d58481;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb4f50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.444,
    "s": 44.262,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56791,
    "c": 0.14009,
    "h": 22.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB4F50

secondary

#9BCACA

accent

#D4D354

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFEE

border

#D4CAC9

text

#150B0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB4F50

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

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