#bb483f

Color #bb483f

A moderately saturated medium red.

Closest named color Brown #a52a2a · ΔE 9.72 Nearest Tailwind class rose-700 #c70036 · ΔE 8.5

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Conversions

HEX

#bb483f

RGB

rgb(187, 72, 63)

HSL

hsl(4.4, 49.6%, 49%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(4.4, 66.3%, 73.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 61.5%, 66.3%, 26.7%)

LAB

lab(46.39, 45.81, 29.58)

LCH

lch(46.39, 54.53, 32.85)

OKLCH

oklch(55.5%, 0.1505, 27.47)

HWB

hwb(4.4, 24.7%, 26.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#3fb2bb

Analogous

#bb3f74

#bb483f

#bb863f

Triadic

#bb483f

#3fbb48

#483fbb

Split-complementary

#bb483f

#3fbb86

#3f74bb

Tetradic

#bb483f

#b2bb3f

#3fb2bb

#483fbb

Square

#bb483f

#74bb3f

#3fb2bb

#863fbb

Shades

Color #bb483f mixed toward black.

#9c3c34

#7d302a

#5d241f

#3e1815

#1f0c0a

Tints

Color #bb483f mixed toward white.

#c8655d

#d3847d

#dea29e

#e9c1be

#f4e0df

Tones

Color #bb483f mixed toward gray.

#b15149

#a65a54

#9c635e

#926b68

#877473

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.11:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.11:1

White text reads better on this background (5.11:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#979641 · ΔE 42.8

Deuteranopia

#9da342 · ΔE 47.1

Tritanopia

#b74343 · ΔE 3

Achromatopsia

#6e6e6e · ΔE 25.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bb483f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bb483f]

Related colors

Misty Rose #ffe4e1

Salmon #fa8072

Red #ff0000

Maroon #800000

Black #000000

Brown #a52a2a

Frequently asked questions

#bb483f (#bb483f) is rgb(187, 72, 63) in RGB.

No, #bb483f is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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