#BB5142#BB5142

#BB5142 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.140 H 30.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5142
RGB	rgb(187, 81, 66)
HSL	hsl(7, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(7, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.7%, 64.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.07, 41.72, 29.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.07, 51.32, 35.61°)
OKLab	oklab(56.82% 0.1213 0.0705)
OKLCH	oklch(56.82% 0.14 30.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.4216, 16.8461, 7.1188)
Luminance	0.1684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5142 #42ACBB

analogous

#BB4270 #BB5142 #BB8E42

triadic

#BB5142 #42BB51 #5142BB

tetradic

#BB5142 #70BB42 #42ACBB #8E42BB

square

#BB5142 #70BB42 #42ACBB #8E42BB

split-complementary

#BB5142 #42BB8E #4270BB

monochromatic

#612A22 #8E3D32 #BB5142 #CC7A6E #DCA39C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#BB5142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#BB5142 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB5142

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB5142	1.00	4.81	4.37	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6440

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877B3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD3C4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 81, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.140 30.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68576',
    500: '#bb5142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5142;
$custom-light: #d68576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.438,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56817,
    "c": 0.14028,
    "h": 30.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5142

secondary

#91C1C8

accent

#C7D750

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFED

border

#D4CAC8

text

#150B08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5142

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

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