#BB5236#BB5236

#BB5236 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.142 H 35.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5236
RGB	rgb(187, 82, 54)
HSL	hsl(13, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(13, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.1%, 71.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.09, 40.54, 36.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.09, 54.69, 42.15°)
OKLab	oklab(56.79% 0.1154 0.0836)
OKLCH	oklch(56.79% 0.142 35.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.1790, 16.8689, 5.4721)
Luminance	0.1687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5236 #369FBB

analogous

#BB365C #BB5236 #BB9536

triadic

#BB5236 #36BB52 #5236BB

tetradic

#BB5236 #5CBB36 #369FBB #9536BB

square

#BB5236 #5CBB36 #369FBB #9536BB

split-complementary

#BB5236 #36BB95 #365CBB

monochromatic

#5C281B #8C3D28 #BB5236 #D0765E #DE9E8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#BB5236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#BB5236 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB5236

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB5236	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)

#6E6433

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887B33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD3C4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 82, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.142 35.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6866e',
    500: '#bb5236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5236;
$custom-light: #d6866e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.632,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56787,
    "c": 0.14246,
    "h": 35.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5236

secondary

#84BAC9

accent

#BFDF49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5236

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

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