#BB5338#BB5338

#BB5338 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.141 H 35.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5338
RGB	rgb(187, 83, 56)
HSL	hsl(12, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(12, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.6%, 70.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.31, 40.15, 35.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.31, 53.83, 41.75°)
OKLab	oklab(56.96% 0.1145 0.0821)
OKLCH	oklch(56.96% 0.141 35.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.3029, 17.0399, 5.7499)
Luminance	0.1704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5338 #38A0BB

analogous

#BB385F #BB5338 #BB9438

triadic

#BB5338 #38BB53 #5338BB

tetradic

#BB5338 #5FBB38 #38A0BB #9438BB

square

#BB5338 #5FBB38 #38A0BB #9438BB

split-complementary

#BB5338 #38BB94 #385FBB

monochromatic

#5D291C #8C3E2A #BB5338 #D07761 #DEA090

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.76

#BB5338 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.41

#BB5338 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB5338

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5338	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB5338	1.00	4.76	4.41	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6535

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887B35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD3D4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5338;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 83, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.141 35.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6866f',
    500: '#bb5338',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5338;
$custom-light: #d6866f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5338",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.366,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56959,
    "c": 0.14091,
    "h": 35.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5338

secondary

#86BBC8

accent

#BFDD4B

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5338

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

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