#BB503E#BB503E

#BB503E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.142 H 31.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB503E
RGB	rgb(187, 80, 62)
HSL	hsl(9, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(9, 67%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.2%, 66.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.82, 41.97, 31.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.82, 52.71, 37.23°)
OKLab	oklab(56.61% 0.1213 0.0744)
OKLCH	oklch(56.61% 0.142 31.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.2340, 16.6530, 6.4947)
Luminance	0.1665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB503E #3EA9BB

analogous

#BB3E6B #BB503E #BB8F3E

triadic

#BB503E #3EBB50 #503EBB

tetradic

#BB503E #6BBB3E #3EA9BB #8F3EBB

square

#BB503E #6BBB3E #3EA9BB #8F3EBB

split-complementary

#BB503E #3EBB8F #3E6BBB

monochromatic

#5F2920 #8D3C2F #BB503E #CD7769 #DCA197

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.85

#BB503E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33

#BB503E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB503E

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB503E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB503E	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)

#6C633C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877A3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD3A4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb503e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 80, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.142 31.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68474',
    500: '#bb503e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb503e;
$custom-light: #d68474;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb503e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.64,
    "s": 50.201,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56612,
    "c": 0.14229,
    "h": 31.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB503E

secondary

#8DC0C8

accent

#C6DA4E

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB503E

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

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