#BB5331#BB5331

#BB5331 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.143 H 38.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5331
RGB	rgb(187, 83, 49)
HSL	hsl(15, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(15, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.6%, 73.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.23, 39.80, 39.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.23, 56.11, 44.82°)
OKLab	oklab(56.87% 0.1122 0.0887)
OKLCH	oklch(56.87% 0.143 38.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.1436, 16.9762, 4.9105)
Luminance	0.1697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5331 #3199BB

analogous

#BB3154 #BB5331 #BB9831

triadic

#BB5331 #31BB53 #5331BB

tetradic

#BB5331 #54BB31 #3199BB #9831BB

square

#BB5331 #54BB31 #3199BB #9831BB

split-complementary

#BB5331 #31BB98 #3154BB

monochromatic

#5A2818 #8B3D24 #BB5331 #D37556 #E09D87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#BB5331 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#BB5331 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB5331

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5331	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB5331	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)

#6F642D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897B2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD3D4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5331;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 83, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.143 38.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6866b',
    500: '#bb5331',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5331;
$custom-light: #d6866b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5331",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.783,
    "s": 58.475,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56872,
    "c": 0.14301,
    "h": 38.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5331

secondary

#7FB7C9

accent

#BBE246

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5331

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

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