#BB4E33#BB4E33

#BB4E33 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.147 H 35.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB4E33
RGB	rgb(187, 78, 51)
HSL	hsl(12, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(12, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.3%, 72.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.31, 42.35, 37.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.31, 56.54, 41.50°)
OKLab	oklab(56.18% 0.1204 0.0846)
OKLCH	oklch(56.18% 0.147 35.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.8179, 16.2558, 5.0148)
Luminance	0.1625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB4E33 #33A0BB

analogous

#BB335C #BB4E33 #BB9233

triadic

#BB4E33 #33BB4E #4E33BB

tetradic

#BB4E33 #5CBB33 #33A0BB #9233BB

square

#BB4E33 #5CBB33 #33A0BB #9233BB

split-complementary

#BB4E33 #33BB92 #335CBB

monochromatic

#5B2619 #8B3A26 #BB4E33 #D27159 #DF9A89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.94

#BB4E33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#BB4E33 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB4E33

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB4E33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB4E33	1.00	4.94	4.25	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6130

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877930

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD3648

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb4e33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 78, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.147 35.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7836c',
    500: '#bb4e33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb4e33;
$custom-light: #d7836c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb4e33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.912,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5618,
    "c": 0.14715,
    "h": 35.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB4E33

secondary

#81BBC9

accent

#C2E047

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB4E33

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

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