#BB5139#BB5139

#BB5139 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.143 H 34.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5139
RGB	rgb(187, 81, 57)
HSL	hsl(11, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(11, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.7%, 69.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.94, 41.20, 34.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.94, 53.97, 40.24°)
OKLab	oklab(56.68% 0.118 0.0801)
OKLCH	oklch(56.68% 0.143 34.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.1768, 16.7482, 5.8297)
Luminance	0.1674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5139 #39A3BB

analogous

#BB3962 #BB5139 #BB9239

triadic

#BB5139 #39BB51 #5139BB

tetradic

#BB5139 #62BB39 #39A3BB #9239BB

square

#BB5139 #62BB39 #39A3BB #9239BB

split-complementary

#BB5139 #39BB92 #3962BB

monochromatic

#5D281C #8C3D2B #BB5139 #CF7662 #DD9F91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.83

#BB5139 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#BB5139 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB5139

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5139	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB5139	1.00	4.83	4.35	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6336

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877B36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD3B4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5139;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 81, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.143 34.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68570',
    500: '#bb5139',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5139;
$custom-light: #d68570;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5139",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.077,
    "s": 53.279,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56683,
    "c": 0.14259,
    "h": 34.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5139

secondary

#87BCC8

accent

#C2DD4B

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5139

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

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