#BB5033#BB5033

#BB5033 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.145 H 36.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5033
RGB	rgb(187, 80, 51)
HSL	hsl(13, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(13, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.2%, 72.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.68, 41.38, 37.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.68, 56.09, 42.47°)
OKLab	oklab(56.46% 0.1174 0.0855)
OKLCH	oklch(56.46% 0.145 36.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.9621, 16.5443, 5.0629)
Luminance	0.1654 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5033 #339EBB

analogous

#BB335A #BB5033 #BB9433

triadic

#BB5033 #33BB50 #5033BB

tetradic

#BB5033 #5ABB33 #339EBB #9433BB

square

#BB5033 #5ABB33 #339EBB #9433BB

split-complementary

#BB5033 #33BB94 #335ABB

monochromatic

#5B2719 #8B3B26 #BB5033 #D27359 #DF9C89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#BB5033 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#BB5033 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB5033

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5033	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB5033	1.00	4.87	4.31	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6230

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877A30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD394A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5033;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 80, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.145 36.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6846c',
    500: '#bb5033',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5033;
$custom-light: #d6846c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5033",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.794,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56462,
    "c": 0.14523,
    "h": 36.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5033

secondary

#81BAC9

accent

#C0E047

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5033

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

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