#BB5042#BB5042

#BB5042 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.141 H 29.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5042
RGB	rgb(187, 80, 66)
HSL	hsl(7, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(7, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.2%, 64.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.88, 42.21, 29.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.88, 51.59, 35.09°)
OKLab	oklab(56.68% 0.1228 0.07)
OKLCH	oklch(56.68% 0.141 29.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.3478, 16.6986, 7.0942)
Luminance	0.1669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5042 #42ADBB

analogous

#BB4271 #BB5042 #BB8D42

triadic

#BB5042 #42BB50 #5042BB

tetradic

#BB5042 #71BB42 #42ADBB #8D42BB

square

#BB5042 #71BB42 #42ADBB #8D42BB

split-complementary

#BB5042 #42BB8D #4271BB

monochromatic

#612922 #8E3D32 #BB5042 #CC796E #DCA39C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.84

#BB5042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.34

#BB5042 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB5042

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB5042	1.00	4.84	4.34	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6340

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867A3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD3B4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 80, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.141 29.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68576',
    500: '#bb5042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5042;
$custom-light: #d68576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.942,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56675,
    "c": 0.14134,
    "h": 29.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5042

secondary

#91C2C8

accent

#C8D750

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFED

border

#D4CAC8

text

#150B08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5042

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

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