#BB5240#BB5240

#BB5240 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.140 H 31.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5240
RGB	rgb(187, 82, 64)
HSL	hsl(9, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(9, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.1%, 65.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.23, 41.11, 31.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.23, 51.63, 37.23°)
OKLab	oklab(56.93% 0.119 0.0732)
OKLCH	oklch(56.93% 0.14 31.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.4385, 16.9726, 6.8386)
Luminance	0.1697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5240 #40A9BB

analogous

#BB406C #BB5240 #BB8F40

triadic

#BB5240 #40BB52 #5240BB

tetradic

#BB5240 #6CBB40 #40A9BB #8F40BB

square

#BB5240 #6CBB40 #40A9BB #8F40BB

split-complementary

#BB5240 #40BB8F #406CBB

monochromatic

#602A21 #8D3E30 #BB5240 #CD7A6C #DCA399

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#BB5240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#BB5240 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB5240

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB5240	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)

#6D643E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877B3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD3D4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 82, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.140 31.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68675',
    500: '#bb5240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5240;
$custom-light: #d68675;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.78,
    "s": 49.004,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56929,
    "c": 0.13972,
    "h": 31.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5240

secondary

#8FC0C8

accent

#C4D94F

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0ED

border

#D4CBC8

text

#150B08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5240

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

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