#BB5348#BB5348

#BB5348 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.137 H 28.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#BB5348
RGBrgb(187, 83, 72)
HSLhsl(6, 46%, 51%)
HSVhsv(6, 61%, 73%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 55.6%, 61.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LABlab(48.54, 41.14, 26.99)
CIE-LCHlch(48.54, 49.20, 33.26°)
OKLaboklab(57.21% 0.1205 0.0646)
OKLCHoklch(57.21% 0.137 28.2)
XYZxyz(24.7587, 17.2222, 8.1501)
Luminance0.1722 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#BB5348 #48B0BB
analogous
#BB4876 #BB5348 #BB8C48
triadic
#BB5348 #48BB53 #5348BB
tetradic
#BB5348 #76BB48 #48B0BB #8C48BB
square
#BB5348 #76BB48 #48B0BB #8C48BB
split-complementary
#BB5348 #48BB8C #4876BB
monochromatic
#642B25 #903E36 #BB5348 #CC7D75 #DCA7A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73
#BB5348 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44
#BB5348 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB5348
4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##BB5348#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##BB53481.004.734.444.73
#FFFFFF4.731.0021.001.00
#0000004.4421.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF4.731.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#6D6546
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#877C46
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#CC4051
Achromatopsia (no color)
#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #bb5348;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 83, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.137 28.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5867b',
    500: '#bb5348',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #bb5348;
$custom-light: #d5867b;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#bb5348",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.739,
    "s": 45.817,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57206,
    "c": 0.13678,
    "h": 28.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#BB5348
secondary
#96C4C9
accent
#C9D552
background
#FDF8F7
surface
#FBF0ED
border
#D4CBC8
text
#150B09
muted
#837C7B

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#BB5348 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva