#BB5235#BB5235

#BB5235 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.143 H 36.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5235
RGB	rgb(187, 82, 53)
HSL	hsl(13, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(13, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.1%, 71.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.08, 40.49, 37.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.08, 55.01, 42.60°)
OKLab	oklab(56.77% 0.115 0.0845)
OKLCH	oklch(56.77% 0.143 36.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.1558, 16.8596, 5.3497)
Luminance	0.1686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5235 #359EBB

analogous

#BB355B #BB5235 #BB9535

triadic

#BB5235 #35BB52 #5235BB

tetradic

#BB5235 #5BBB35 #359EBB #9535BB

square

#BB5235 #5BBB35 #359EBB #9535BB

split-complementary

#BB5235 #35BB95 #355BBB

monochromatic

#5C281A #8B3D27 #BB5235 #D1765C #DE9E8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#BB5235 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#BB5235 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB5235

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5235	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB5235	1.00	4.80	4.37	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6432

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887B32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD3C4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5235;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 82, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.143 36.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6866d',
    500: '#bb5235',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5235;
$custom-light: #d6866d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5235",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.985,
    "s": 55.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56774,
    "c": 0.14275,
    "h": 36.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5235

secondary

#83BAC9

accent

#BFDF49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5235

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

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