#BB5335#BB5335

#BB5335 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.142 H 36.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5335
RGB	rgb(187, 83, 53)
HSL	hsl(13, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(13, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.6%, 71.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.27, 40.00, 37.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.27, 54.79, 43.12°)
OKLab	oklab(56.92% 0.1135 0.085)
OKLCH	oklch(56.92% 0.142 36.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.2318, 17.0115, 5.3750)
Luminance	0.1701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5335 #359DBB

analogous

#BB355A #BB5335 #BB9635

triadic

#BB5335 #35BB53 #5335BB

tetradic

#BB5335 #5ABB35 #359DBB #9635BB

square

#BB5335 #5ABB35 #359DBB #9635BB

split-complementary

#BB5335 #35BB96 #355ABB

monochromatic

#5C291A #8B3E27 #BB5335 #D1765C #DE9E8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.77

#BB5335 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.40

#BB5335 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB5335

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5335	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB5335	1.00	4.77	4.40	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6432

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897B32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD3D4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5335;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 83, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.142 36.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6866d',
    500: '#bb5335',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5335;
$custom-light: #d6866d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5335",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.433,
    "s": 55.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5692,
    "c": 0.1418,
    "h": 36.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5335

secondary

#83B9C9

accent

#BDDF49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5335

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

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