#BB5035#BB5035

#BB5035 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.145 H 35.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5035
RGB	rgb(187, 80, 53)
HSL	hsl(12, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(12, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.2%, 71.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.70, 41.48, 36.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.70, 55.45, 41.59°)
OKLab	oklab(56.49% 0.1181 0.0836)
OKLCH	oklch(56.49% 0.145 35.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.0072, 16.5623, 5.3001)
Luminance	0.1656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5035 #35A0BB

analogous

#BB355D #BB5035 #BB9335

triadic

#BB5035 #35BB50 #5035BB

tetradic

#BB5035 #5DBB35 #35A0BB #9335BB

square

#BB5035 #5DBB35 #35A0BB #9335BB

split-complementary

#BB5035 #35BB93 #355DBB

monochromatic

#5C271A #8B3C27 #BB5035 #D1745C #DE9D8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#BB5035 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#BB5035 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB5035

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5035	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB5035	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)

#6D6332

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877A32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD394A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5035;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 80, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.145 35.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6846d',
    500: '#bb5035',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5035;
$custom-light: #d6846d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5035",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.09,
    "s": 55.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56487,
    "c": 0.14467,
    "h": 35.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5035

secondary

#83BBC9

accent

#C1DF49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5035

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

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