#BB5342#BB5342

#BB5342 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.138 H 31.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5342
RGB	rgb(187, 83, 66)
HSL	hsl(8, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(8, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.6%, 64.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.45, 40.74, 30.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.45, 50.80, 36.69°)
OKLab	oklab(57.11% 0.1182 0.0715)
OKLCH	oklch(57.11% 0.138 31.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.5724, 17.1477, 7.1691)
Luminance	0.1714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5342 #42AABB

analogous

#BB426D #BB5342 #BB9042

triadic

#BB5342 #42BB53 #5342BB

tetradic

#BB5342 #6DBB42 #42AABB #9042BB

square

#BB5342 #6DBB42 #42AABB #9042BB

split-complementary

#BB5342 #42BB90 #426DBB

monochromatic

#612B22 #8E3F32 #BB5342 #CC7B6E #DCA59C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.74

#BB5342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#BB5342 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB5342

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB5342	1.00	4.74	4.43	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6540

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887C40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD3F4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 83, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.138 31.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58677',
    500: '#bb5342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5342;
$custom-light: #d58677;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.43,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57105,
    "c": 0.13817,
    "h": 31.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5342

secondary

#91C0C8

accent

#C4D750

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0ED

border

#D4CBC8

text

#150B08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5342

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

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