#BB4D32#BB4D32

#BB4D32 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.148 H 35.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB4D32
RGB	rgb(187, 77, 50)
HSL	hsl(12, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(12, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.8%, 73.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.11, 42.78, 37.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.11, 57.08, 41.46°)
OKLab	oklab(56.03% 0.1215 0.0851)
OKLCH	oklch(56.03% 0.148 35)
XYZ	xyz(23.7255, 16.1060, 4.8764)
Luminance	0.1610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB4D32 #32A0BB

analogous

#BB325C #BB4D32 #BB9232

triadic

#BB4D32 #32BB4D #4D32BB

tetradic

#BB4D32 #5CBB32 #32A0BB #9232BB

square

#BB4D32 #5CBB32 #32A0BB #9232BB

split-complementary

#BB4D32 #32BB92 #325CBB

monochromatic

#5A2518 #8B3925 #BB4D32 #D27058 #DF9988

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.98

#BB4D32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#BB4D32 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB4D32

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB4D32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB4D32	1.00	4.98	4.22	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B612F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86792F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD3447

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb4d32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 77, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.148 35.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7836b',
    500: '#bb4d32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb4d32;
$custom-light: #d7836b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb4d32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.825,
    "s": 57.806,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56029,
    "c": 0.14838,
    "h": 35
  },
  "luminance": 0.16103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB4D32

secondary

#80BBC9

accent

#C3E147

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB4D32

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

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