#BB5339#BB5339

#BB5339 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.141 H 35.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5339
RGB	rgb(187, 83, 57)
HSL	hsl(12, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(12, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.6%, 69.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.32, 40.21, 35.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.32, 53.51, 41.28°)
OKLab	oklab(56.97% 0.1149 0.0811)
OKLCH	oklch(56.97% 0.141 35.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.3276, 17.0498, 5.8800)
Luminance	0.1705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5339 #39A1BB

analogous

#BB3960 #BB5339 #BB9439

triadic

#BB5339 #39BB53 #5339BB

tetradic

#BB5339 #60BB39 #39A1BB #9439BB

square

#BB5339 #60BB39 #39A1BB #9439BB

split-complementary

#BB5339 #39BB94 #3960BB

monochromatic

#5D291C #8C3E2B #BB5339 #CF7862 #DDA091

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.76

#BB5339 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.41

#BB5339 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB5339

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5339	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB5339	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)

#6F6536

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887B36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD3E4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5339;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 83, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.141 35.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68670',
    500: '#bb5339',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5339;
$custom-light: #d68670;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5339",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12,
    "s": 53.279,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56972,
    "c": 0.14063,
    "h": 35.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5339

secondary

#87BBC8

accent

#C0DD4B

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5339

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

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