#BB4835#BB4835

#BB4835 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.153 H 31.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB4835
RGB	rgb(187, 72, 53)
HSL	hsl(9, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(9, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.5%, 71.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.26, 45.27, 35.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.26, 57.33, 37.84°)
OKLab	oklab(55.39% 0.1299 0.0801)
OKLCH	oklch(55.39% 0.153 31.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.4559, 15.4598, 5.1164)
Luminance	0.1546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB4835 #35A8BB

analogous

#BB3565 #BB4835 #BB8B35

triadic

#BB4835 #35BB48 #4835BB

tetradic

#BB4835 #65BB35 #35A8BB #8B35BB

square

#BB4835 #65BB35 #35A8BB #8B35BB

split-complementary

#BB4835 #35BB8B #3565BB

monochromatic

#5C231A #8B3627 #BB4835 #D16D5C #DE988C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.13

#BB4835 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.09

#BB4835 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB4835

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB4835	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB4835	1.00	5.13	4.09	5.13
#FFFFFF	5.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#675E32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847732

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD2D44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb4835;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 72, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.153 31.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7806d',
    500: '#bb4835',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb4835;
$custom-light: #d7806d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb4835",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.507,
    "s": 55.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55394,
    "c": 0.15255,
    "h": 31.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB4835

secondary

#83BFC9

accent

#CADF49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160A07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB4835

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

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