Dull Red #BB3F3F

About this color

#BB3F3F is a medium-dark, vivid red. In OKLCH its lightness is 54%, its chroma 0.160 and its hue 24°. Its hue sits on the warm side of the wheel. It is the named color Dull Red. White text reads best on it, at 5.39:1.

Colors that go with Dull Red

Matches found by rotating Dull Red around the OKLCH hue wheel, each labelled with the closest name in our list.

Color palettes with Dull Red

Curated color palettes that contain a color within ΔE 0.06 (OKLab) of Dull Red, closest first.

• Marble Recess
• Velvet Gathering
• Fireside Evening
• Spruce Evening
• Velvet and Wool
• Pumpkin Fog
• Cabana and Watermelon
• Merlot Velvet

Similar named colors

The eight named colors closest to Dull Red, with their ΔE distance.

• Dusty Red #B9484E ΔE 0.020
• Dark Rose #B5485D ΔE 0.039
• Sinopia #BB3E03 ΔE 0.045
• Firebrick #B22222 ΔE 0.052
• Light Burgundy #A8415B ΔE 0.053
• Rusty Red #AF2F0D ΔE 0.053
• Brick Orange #C14A09 ΔE 0.054
• Light Maroon #A24857 ΔE 0.055

More about Dull Red

• Shades of red
• What red means

How to make Dull Red

A starting recipe from common paint colors, found with a spectral paint model (the color mixer’s paint mode). Real pigments vary, so mix a small test batch and adjust.

• 4 parts red
• 2 parts gray
• 1 part yellow

Recipe result: #BD3A39, a difference of ΔE 0.009 from Dull Red. That is very close: most people will not see the difference.

What colors make red? | Color mixing chart

Codes for Dull Red in every format

Contrast

WCAG 2 contrast ratios are the conformance target: AA needs 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text, AAA needs 7:1. APCA Lc values are supplementary guidance from the WCAG 3 drafts.

Shades and tints of Dull Red

A 50–950 scale built in OKLCH: the hue is held, lightness follows a Tailwind v4-like curve, and every step is kept inside the sRGB gamut. This color sits at step 600.

1. Step 50

   50

   #FCF3F2

   oklch(97.1% 0.01 25.1)

2. Step 100

   100

   #F8E5E3

   oklch(93.7% 0.021 24.8)

3. Step 200

   200

   #F3D0CC

   oklch(88.6% 0.04 25.6)

4. Step 300

   300

   #ECAFAA

   oklch(80.9% 0.072 24.1)

5. Step 400

   400

   #DF837D

   oklch(70.7% 0.114 24.3)

6. Step 500

   500

   #D4605C

   oklch(63.1% 0.148 24.2)

7. Step 600

   600 (this color)

   #BB3F3F

   oklch(54.4% 0.16 24.1)

8. Step 700

   700

   #A43334

   oklch(49% 0.149 24)

9. Step 800

   800

   #862C2C

   oklch(42.8% 0.124 23.9)

10. Step 900

    900

    #6C2927

    oklch(37.8% 0.096 24.5)

11. Step 950

    950

    #3F1917

    oklch(27% 0.06 24.9)

Export this scale for Tailwind in the Tailwind colors tool

Dull Red with color blindness

Simulated with the Machado et al. (2009) model. ΔE is how far the color moves: below about 0.02 you would not notice a change.