#BB5234#BB5234

#BB5234 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.143 H 36.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5234
RGB	rgb(187, 82, 52)
HSL	hsl(13, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(13, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.1%, 72.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.07, 40.44, 37.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.07, 55.34, 43.04°)
OKLab	oklab(56.76% 0.1147 0.0855)
OKLCH	oklch(56.76% 0.143 36.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.1330, 16.8504, 5.2298)
Luminance	0.1685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5234 #349DBB

analogous

#BB345A #BB5234 #BB9534

triadic

#BB5234 #34BB52 #5234BB

tetradic

#BB5234 #5ABB34 #349DBB #9534BB

square

#BB5234 #5ABB34 #349DBB #9534BB

split-complementary

#BB5234 #34BB95 #345ABB

monochromatic

#5B2819 #8B3D27 #BB5234 #D1755B #DF9D8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#BB5234 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#BB5234 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB5234

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5234	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB5234	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)

#6F6431

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887B31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD3C4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5234;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 82, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.143 36.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6866d',
    500: '#bb5234',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5234;
$custom-light: #d6866d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5234",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.333,
    "s": 56.485,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56762,
    "c": 0.14305,
    "h": 36.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5234

secondary

#82B9C9

accent

#BEE048

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5234

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

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