#BB503C#BB503C

#BB503C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.143 H 32.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB503C
RGB	rgb(187, 80, 60)
HSL	hsl(9, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(9, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.2%, 67.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.79, 41.85, 33.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.79, 53.29, 38.25°)
OKLab	oklab(56.58% 0.1206 0.0765)
OKLCH	oklch(56.58% 0.143 32.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.1801, 16.6315, 6.2110)
Luminance	0.1663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB503C #3CA7BB

analogous

#BB3C67 #BB503C #BB8F3C

triadic

#BB503C #3CBB50 #503CBB

tetradic

#BB503C #67BB3C #3CA7BB #8F3CBB

square

#BB503C #67BB3C #3CA7BB #8F3CBB

split-complementary

#BB503C #3CBB8F #3C67BB

monochromatic

#5E281E #8D3C2D #BB503C #CE7766 #DDA095

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.85

#BB503C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33

#BB503C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB503C

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB503C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB503C	1.00	4.85	4.33	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C633A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877A39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD3A4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb503c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 80, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.143 32.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68472',
    500: '#bb503c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb503c;
$custom-light: #d68472;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb503c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.449,
    "s": 51.417,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56583,
    "c": 0.1428,
    "h": 32.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB503C

secondary

#8BBFC8

accent

#C5DB4D

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB503C

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

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