#BB523B#BB523B

#BB523B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.141 H 33.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB523B
RGB	rgb(187, 82, 59)
HSL	hsl(11, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(11, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.1%, 68.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.16, 40.81, 33.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.16, 53.12, 39.79°)
OKLab	oklab(56.86% 0.1172 0.0786)
OKLCH	oklch(56.86% 0.141 33.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.3026, 16.9183, 6.1226)
Luminance	0.1691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB523B #3BA4BB

analogous

#BB3B64 #BB523B #BB923B

triadic

#BB523B #3BBB52 #523BBB

tetradic

#BB523B #64BB3B #3BA4BB #923BBB

square

#BB523B #64BB3B #3BA4BB #923BBB

split-complementary

#BB523B #3BBB92 #3B64BB

monochromatic

#5E291E #8C3E2C #BB523B #CE7865 #DDA193

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#BB523B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#BB523B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB523B

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB523B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB523B	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)

#6E6438

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887B38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD3D4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb523b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 82, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.141 33.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68672',
    500: '#bb523b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb523b;
$custom-light: #d68672;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb523b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.781,
    "s": 52.033,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56855,
    "c": 0.14105,
    "h": 33.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB523B

secondary

#8ABDC8

accent

#C2DB4C

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB523B

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

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