#BB523D#BB523D

#BB523D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.141 H 33.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB523D
RGB	rgb(187, 82, 61)
HSL	hsl(10, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(10, 67%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.1%, 67.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.18, 40.93, 32.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.18, 52.51, 38.79°)
OKLab	oklab(56.88% 0.1179 0.0765)
OKLCH	oklch(56.88% 0.141 33)
XYZ	xyz(24.3554, 16.9394, 6.4011)
Luminance	0.1694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB523D #3DA6BB

analogous

#BB3D67 #BB523D #BB913D

triadic

#BB523D #3DBB52 #523DBB

tetradic

#BB523D #67BB3D #3DA6BB #913DBB

square

#BB523D #67BB3D #3DA6BB #913DBB

split-complementary

#BB523D #3DBB91 #3D67BB

monochromatic

#5F2A1F #8D3E2E #BB523D #CE7968 #DDA296

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#BB523D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#BB523D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB523D

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB523D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB523D	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)

#6E643B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887B3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD3D4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb523d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 82, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.141 33.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68673',
    500: '#bb523d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb523d;
$custom-light: #d68673;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb523d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10,
    "s": 50.806,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56883,
    "c": 0.1405,
    "h": 33
  },
  "luminance": 0.16936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB523D

secondary

#8CBEC8

accent

#C3DA4E

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB523D

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

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