#BB5136#BB5136

#BB5136 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.143 H 35.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5136
RGB	rgb(187, 81, 54)
HSL	hsl(12, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(12, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.7%, 71.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.90, 41.04, 36.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.90, 54.91, 41.64°)
OKLab	oklab(56.64% 0.1169 0.0831)
OKLCH	oklch(56.64% 0.143 35.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.1042, 16.7191, 5.4471)
Luminance	0.1672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5136 #36A0BB

analogous

#BB365E #BB5136 #BB9336

triadic

#BB5136 #36BB51 #5136BB

tetradic

#BB5136 #5EBB36 #36A0BB #9336BB

square

#BB5136 #5EBB36 #36A0BB #9336BB

split-complementary

#BB5136 #36BB93 #365EBB

monochromatic

#5C281B #8C3C28 #BB5136 #D0755E #DE9E8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.84

#BB5136 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.34

#BB5136 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB5136

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5136	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB5136	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)

#6E6333

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887A33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD3B4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5136;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 81, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.143 35.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6856e',
    500: '#bb5136',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5136;
$custom-light: #d6856e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5136",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.18,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56643,
    "c": 0.14343,
    "h": 35.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5136

secondary

#84BBC9

accent

#C0DF49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5136

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

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