#BB523A#BB523A

#BB523A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.141 H 34.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB523A
RGB	rgb(187, 82, 58)
HSL	hsl(11, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(11, 69%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.1%, 69%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.14, 40.76, 34.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.14, 53.42, 40.28°)
OKLab	oklab(56.84% 0.1168 0.0796)
OKLCH	oklch(56.84% 0.141 34.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.2769, 16.9080, 5.9873)
Luminance	0.1691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB523A #3AA3BB

analogous

#BB3A62 #BB523A #BB923A

triadic

#BB523A #3ABB52 #523ABB

tetradic

#BB523A #62BB3A #3AA3BB #923ABB

square

#BB523A #62BB3A #3AA3BB #923ABB

split-complementary

#BB523A #3ABB92 #3A62BB

monochromatic

#5E291D #8C3E2C #BB523A #CF7763 #DDA092

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#BB523A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#BB523A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB523A

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB523A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB523A	1.00	4.79	4.38	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6437

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887B37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD3C4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb523a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 82, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.141 34.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68671',
    500: '#bb523a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb523a;
$custom-light: #d68671;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb523a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.163,
    "s": 52.653,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56841,
    "c": 0.14133,
    "h": 34.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB523A

secondary

#88BCC8

accent

#C1DC4C

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB523A

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

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