#BB5038#BB5038

#BB5038 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.144 H 34.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5038
RGB	rgb(187, 80, 56)
HSL	hsl(11, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(11, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.2%, 70.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.74, 41.63, 35.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.74, 54.51, 40.21°)
OKLab	oklab(56.53% 0.1191 0.0807)
OKLCH	oklch(56.53% 0.144 34.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.0784, 16.5908, 5.6750)
Luminance	0.1659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5038 #38A3BB

analogous

#BB3862 #BB5038 #BB9138

triadic

#BB5038 #38BB50 #5038BB

tetradic

#BB5038 #62BB38 #38A3BB #9138BB

square

#BB5038 #62BB38 #38A3BB #9138BB

split-complementary

#BB5038 #38BB91 #3862BB

monochromatic

#5D281C #8C3C2A #BB5038 #D07561 #DE9E90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#BB5038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#BB5038 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB5038

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB5038	1.00	4.86	4.32	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6335

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877A35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD394B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 80, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.144 34.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6846f',
    500: '#bb5038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5038;
$custom-light: #d6846f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.992,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56527,
    "c": 0.14385,
    "h": 34.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5038

secondary

#86BCC8

accent

#C2DD4B

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5038

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

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