#BB523F#BB523F

#BB523F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.140 H 32.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB523F
RGB	rgb(187, 82, 63)
HSL	hsl(9, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(9, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.1%, 66.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.21, 41.05, 31.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.21, 51.92, 37.76°)
OKLab	oklab(56.91% 0.1186 0.0743)
OKLCH	oklch(56.91% 0.14 32.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.4103, 16.9614, 6.6901)
Luminance	0.1696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB523F #3FA8BB

analogous

#BB3F6A #BB523F #BB903F

triadic

#BB523F #3FBB52 #523FBB

tetradic

#BB523F #6ABB3F #3FA8BB #903FBB

square

#BB523F #6ABB3F #3FA8BB #903FBB

split-complementary

#BB523F #3FBB90 #3F6ABB

monochromatic

#5F2A20 #8D3E30 #BB523F #CD796A #DCA398

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#BB523F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#BB523F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB523F

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB523F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB523F	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)

#6D643D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877B3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD3D4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb523f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 82, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.140 32.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68674',
    500: '#bb523f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb523f;
$custom-light: #d68674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb523f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.194,
    "s": 49.6,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56913,
    "c": 0.13997,
    "h": 32.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB523F

secondary

#8EBFC8

accent

#C4D94F

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFED

border

#D4CAC8

text

#150B08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB523F

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

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