#BB5239#BB5239

#BB5239 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.142 H 34.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5239
RGB	rgb(187, 82, 57)
HSL	hsl(12, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(12, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.1%, 69.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.13, 40.70, 35.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.13, 53.74, 40.76°)
OKLab	oklab(56.83% 0.1164 0.0806)
OKLCH	oklch(56.83% 0.142 34.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.2517, 16.8979, 5.8547)
Luminance	0.1689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5239 #39A2BB

analogous

#BB3961 #BB5239 #BB9339

triadic

#BB5239 #39BB52 #5239BB

tetradic

#BB5239 #61BB39 #39A2BB #9339BB

square

#BB5239 #61BB39 #39A2BB #9339BB

split-complementary

#BB5239 #39BB93 #3961BB

monochromatic

#5D291C #8C3D2B #BB5239 #CF7762 #DDA091

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#BB5239 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#BB5239 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB5239

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5239	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB5239	1.00	4.80	4.38	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6436

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887B36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD3C4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5239;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 82, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.142 34.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68670',
    500: '#bb5239',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5239;
$custom-light: #d68670;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5239",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.538,
    "s": 53.279,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56827,
    "c": 0.14161,
    "h": 34.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5239

secondary

#87BCC8

accent

#C1DD4B

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5239

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

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