#BB5032#BB5032

#BB5032 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.146 H 36.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5032
RGB	rgb(187, 80, 50)
HSL	hsl(13, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(13, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.2%, 73.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.67, 41.33, 38.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.67, 56.42, 42.90°)
OKLab	oklab(56.45% 0.1171 0.0865)
OKLCH	oklch(56.45% 0.146 36.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.9403, 16.5356, 4.9480)
Luminance	0.1653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5032 #329DBB

analogous

#BB3259 #BB5032 #BB9532

triadic

#BB5032 #32BB50 #5032BB

tetradic

#BB5032 #59BB32 #329DBB #9532BB

square

#BB5032 #59BB32 #329DBB #9532BB

split-complementary

#BB5032 #32BB95 #3259BB

monochromatic

#5A2718 #8B3B25 #BB5032 #D27358 #DF9B88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#BB5032 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#BB5032 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB5032

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5032	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB5032	1.00	4.88	4.31	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D622E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887A2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD3949

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5032;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 80, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.146 36.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7846b',
    500: '#bb5032',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5032;
$custom-light: #d7846b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5032",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.139,
    "s": 57.806,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5645,
    "c": 0.14551,
    "h": 36.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5032

secondary

#80B9C9

accent

#BFE147

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5032

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

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