#BB5232#BB5232

#BB5232 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.144 H 37.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5232
RGB	rgb(187, 82, 50)
HSL	hsl(14, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(14, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.1%, 73.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.05, 40.35, 38.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.05, 55.99, 43.90°)
OKLab	oklab(56.74% 0.114 0.0874)
OKLCH	oklch(56.74% 0.144 37.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.0889, 16.8328, 4.9976)
Luminance	0.1683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5232 #329BBB

analogous

#BB3256 #BB5232 #BB9732

triadic

#BB5232 #32BB52 #5232BB

tetradic

#BB5232 #56BB32 #329BBB #9732BB

square

#BB5232 #56BB32 #329BBB #9732BB

split-complementary

#BB5232 #32BB97 #3256BB

monochromatic

#5A2818 #8B3D25 #BB5232 #D27458 #DF9D88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#BB5232 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#BB5232 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB5232

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5232	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB5232	1.00	4.81	4.37	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F642E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887B2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD3B4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5232;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 82, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.144 37.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6866b',
    500: '#bb5232',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5232;
$custom-light: #d6866b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5232",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.015,
    "s": 57.806,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56738,
    "c": 0.14363,
    "h": 37.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5232

secondary

#80B8C9

accent

#BDE147

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5232

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

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