#BB5349#BB5349

#BB5349 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.137 H 27.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5349
RGB	rgb(187, 83, 73)
HSL	hsl(5, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(5, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.6%, 61%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.56, 41.21, 26.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.56, 48.95, 32.67°)
OKLab	oklab(57.22% 0.1209 0.0635)
OKLCH	oklch(57.22% 0.137 27.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.7916, 17.2354, 8.3233)
Luminance	0.1723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5349 #49B1BB

analogous

#BB4978 #BB5349 #BB8C49

triadic

#BB5349 #49BB53 #5349BB

tetradic

#BB5349 #78BB49 #49B1BB #8C49BB

square

#BB5349 #78BB49 #49B1BB #8C49BB

split-complementary

#BB5349 #49BB8C #4978BB

monochromatic

#642B25 #913E36 #BB5349 #CC7D76 #DCA7A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#BB5349 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#BB5349 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB5349

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5349	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB5349	1.00	4.72	4.45	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6648

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877C47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC4051

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5349;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 83, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.137 27.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5867c',
    500: '#bb5349',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5349;
$custom-light: #d5867c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5349",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.263,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57223,
    "c": 0.13656,
    "h": 27.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5349

secondary

#97C5C9

accent

#CAD553

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0EE

border

#D4CBC9

text

#150B09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5349

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

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