#BB5340#BB5340

#BB5340 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.139 H 32.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5340
RGB	rgb(187, 83, 64)
HSL	hsl(9, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(9, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.6%, 65.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.42, 40.61, 31.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.42, 51.38, 37.77°)
OKLab	oklab(57.07% 0.1175 0.0737)
OKLCH	oklch(57.07% 0.139 32.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.5145, 17.1246, 6.8639)
Luminance	0.1712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5340 #40A8BB

analogous

#BB406B #BB5340 #BB9140

triadic

#BB5340 #40BB53 #5340BB

tetradic

#BB5340 #6BBB40 #40A8BB #9140BB

square

#BB5340 #6BBB40 #40A8BB #9140BB

split-complementary

#BB5340 #40BB91 #406BBB

monochromatic

#602B21 #8D3F30 #BB5340 #CD7B6C #DCA499

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#BB5340 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#BB5340 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB5340

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5340	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB5340	1.00	4.75	4.42	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E653E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887B3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD3F4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5340;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 83, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.139 32.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68675',
    500: '#bb5340',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5340;
$custom-light: #d68675;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5340",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.268,
    "s": 49.004,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57073,
    "c": 0.13868,
    "h": 32.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5340

secondary

#8FBFC8

accent

#C3D94F

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0ED

border

#D4CBC8

text

#150B08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5340

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

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