#BB5040#BB5040

#BB5040 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.142 H 30.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5040
RGB	rgb(187, 80, 64)
HSL	hsl(8, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(8, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.2%, 65.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.85, 42.09, 30.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.85, 52.14, 36.18°)
OKLab	oklab(56.64% 0.1221 0.0722)
OKLCH	oklch(56.64% 0.142 30.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.2899, 16.6754, 6.7891)
Luminance	0.1667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5040 #40ABBB

analogous

#BB406E #BB5040 #BB8E40

triadic

#BB5040 #40BB50 #5040BB

tetradic

#BB5040 #6EBB40 #40ABBB #8E40BB

square

#BB5040 #6EBB40 #40ABBB #8E40BB

split-complementary

#BB5040 #40BB8E #406EBB

monochromatic

#602921 #8D3C30 #BB5040 #CD786C #DCA299

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.84

#BB5040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33

#BB5040 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB5040

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB5040	1.00	4.84	4.33	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C633E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867A3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD3B4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 80, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.142 30.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68575',
    500: '#bb5040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5040;
$custom-light: #d68575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.805,
    "s": 49.004,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56643,
    "c": 0.14181,
    "h": 30.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5040

secondary

#8FC1C8

accent

#C7D94F

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5040

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

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