#BB5131#BB5131

#BB5131 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.145 H 37.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5131
RGB	rgb(187, 81, 49)
HSL	hsl(14, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(14, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.7%, 73.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.85, 40.79, 39.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.85, 56.53, 43.81°)
OKLab	oklab(56.58% 0.1152 0.0878)
OKLCH	oklch(56.58% 0.145 37.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.9927, 16.6746, 4.8602)
Luminance	0.1667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5131 #319BBB

analogous

#BB3156 #BB5131 #BB9631

triadic

#BB5131 #31BB51 #5131BB

tetradic

#BB5131 #56BB31 #319BBB #9631BB

square

#BB5131 #56BB31 #319BBB #9631BB

split-complementary

#BB5131 #31BB96 #3156BB

monochromatic

#5A2718 #8B3C24 #BB5131 #D37356 #E09B87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.85

#BB5131 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33

#BB5131 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB5131

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5131	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB5131	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)

#6E632D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887A2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD3A4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5131;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 81, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.145 37.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7856b',
    500: '#bb5131',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5131;
$custom-light: #d7856b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5131",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.913,
    "s": 58.475,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56582,
    "c": 0.14486,
    "h": 37.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5131

secondary

#7FB8C9

accent

#BEE246

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5131

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

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