#BB523E#BB523E

#BB523E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.140 H 32.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB523E
RGB	rgb(187, 82, 62)
HSL	hsl(10, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(10, 67%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.1%, 66.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.20, 40.99, 32.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.20, 52.21, 38.28°)
OKLab	oklab(56.9% 0.1183 0.0754)
OKLCH	oklch(56.9% 0.14 32.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.3826, 16.9503, 6.5443)
Luminance	0.1695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB523E #3EA7BB

analogous

#BB3E69 #BB523E #BB913E

triadic

#BB523E #3EBB52 #523EBB

tetradic

#BB523E #69BB3E #3EA7BB #913EBB

square

#BB523E #69BB3E #3EA7BB #913EBB

split-complementary

#BB523E #3EBB91 #3E69BB

monochromatic

#5F2A20 #8D3E2F #BB523E #CD7969 #DCA297

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#BB523E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#BB523E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB523E

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB523E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB523E	1.00	4.78	4.39	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E643C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877B3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD3D4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb523e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 82, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.140 32.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68674',
    500: '#bb523e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb523e;
$custom-light: #d68674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb523e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.6,
    "s": 50.201,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56898,
    "c": 0.14024,
    "h": 32.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB523E

secondary

#8DBFC8

accent

#C3DA4E

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB523E

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

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