#BB5343#BB5343

#BB5343 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.138 H 30.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5343
RGB	rgb(187, 83, 67)
HSL	hsl(8, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(8, 64%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.6%, 64.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.46, 40.80, 29.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.46, 50.52, 36.14°)
OKLab	oklab(57.12% 0.1186 0.0704)
OKLCH	oklch(57.12% 0.138 30.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.6021, 17.1596, 7.3257)
Luminance	0.1716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5343 #43ABBB

analogous

#BB436F #BB5343 #BB8F43

triadic

#BB5343 #43BB53 #5343BB

tetradic

#BB5343 #6FBB43 #43ABBB #8F43BB

square

#BB5343 #6FBB43 #43ABBB #8F43BB

split-complementary

#BB5343 #43BB8F #436FBB

monochromatic

#612B23 #8E3F33 #BB5343 #CC7C70 #DCA59D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.74

#BB5343 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#BB5343 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB5343

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5343	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB5343	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)

#6E6541

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877C41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD3F50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5343;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 83, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.138 30.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58677',
    500: '#bb5343',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5343;
$custom-light: #d58677;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5343",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8,
    "s": 47.244,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57121,
    "c": 0.13792,
    "h": 30.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5343

secondary

#92C1C8

accent

#C5D751

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0ED

border

#D4CBC8

text

#150B08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5343

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

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