#BB523C#BB523C

#BB523C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.141 H 33.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB523C
RGB	rgb(187, 82, 60)
HSL	hsl(10, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(10, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.1%, 67.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.17, 40.87, 33.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.17, 52.81, 39.29°)
OKLab	oklab(56.87% 0.1175 0.0775)
OKLCH	oklch(56.87% 0.141 33.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.3287, 16.9287, 6.2605)
Luminance	0.1693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB523C #3CA5BB

analogous

#BB3C65 #BB523C #BB913C

triadic

#BB523C #3CBB52 #523CBB

tetradic

#BB523C #65BB3C #3CA5BB #913CBB

square

#BB523C #65BB3C #3CA5BB #913CBB

split-complementary

#BB523C #3CBB91 #3C65BB

monochromatic

#5E291E #8D3E2D #BB523C #CE7866 #DDA195

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#BB523C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#BB523C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB523C

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB523C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB523C	1.00	4.79	4.39	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6439

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887B39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD3D4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb523c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 82, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.141 33.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68672',
    500: '#bb523c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb523c;
$custom-light: #d68672;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb523c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.394,
    "s": 51.417,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56869,
    "c": 0.14077,
    "h": 33.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB523C

secondary

#8BBEC8

accent

#C2DB4D

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB523C

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

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