#BB5140#BB5140

#BB5140 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.141 H 31.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5140
RGB	rgb(187, 81, 64)
HSL	hsl(8, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(8, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.7%, 65.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.04, 41.60, 31.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.04, 51.88, 36.70°)
OKLab	oklab(56.79% 0.1205 0.0727)
OKLCH	oklch(56.79% 0.141 31.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.3636, 16.8229, 6.8137)
Luminance	0.1682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5140 #40AABB

analogous

#BB406D #BB5140 #BB8F40

triadic

#BB5140 #40BB51 #5140BB

tetradic

#BB5140 #6DBB40 #40AABB #8F40BB

square

#BB5140 #6DBB40 #40AABB #8F40BB

split-complementary

#BB5140 #40BB8F #406DBB

monochromatic

#602A21 #8D3D30 #BB5140 #CD796C #DCA299

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#BB5140 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#BB5140 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB5140

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5140	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB5140	1.00	4.81	4.36	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D643E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877B3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD3C4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5140;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 81, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.141 31.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68575',
    500: '#bb5140',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5140;
$custom-light: #d68575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5140",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.293,
    "s": 49.004,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56785,
    "c": 0.14076,
    "h": 31.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.1682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5140

secondary

#8FC0C8

accent

#C6D94F

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFED

border

#D4CAC8

text

#150B08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5140

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

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