#BB5233#BB5233

#BB5233 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.143 H 37.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5233
RGB	rgb(187, 82, 51)
HSL	hsl(14, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(14, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.1%, 72.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.06, 40.40, 38.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.06, 55.66, 43.47°)
OKLab	oklab(56.75% 0.1144 0.0864)
OKLCH	oklch(56.75% 0.143 37.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.1107, 16.8415, 5.1124)
Luminance	0.1684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5233 #339CBB

analogous

#BB3358 #BB5233 #BB9633

triadic

#BB5233 #33BB52 #5233BB

tetradic

#BB5233 #58BB33 #339CBB #9633BB

square

#BB5233 #58BB33 #339CBB #9633BB

split-complementary

#BB5233 #33BB96 #3358BB

monochromatic

#5B2819 #8B3D26 #BB5233 #D27559 #DF9D89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#BB5233 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#BB5233 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB5233

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5233	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB5233	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)

#6F642F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887B30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD3C4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5233;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 82, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.143 37.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6866c',
    500: '#bb5233',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5233;
$custom-light: #d6866c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5233",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.676,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5675,
    "c": 0.14334,
    "h": 37.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5233

secondary

#81B9C9

accent

#BEE047

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5233

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

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