#BB5435#BB5435

#BB5435 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.141 H 37.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5435
RGB	rgb(187, 84, 53)
HSL	hsl(14, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(14, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.1%, 71.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.47, 39.50, 37.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.47, 54.58, 43.64°)
OKLab	oklab(57.07% 0.112 0.0855)
OKLCH	oklch(57.07% 0.141 37.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.3088, 17.1656, 5.4007)
Luminance	0.1716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5435 #359CBB

analogous

#BB3559 #BB5435 #BB9735

triadic

#BB5435 #35BB54 #5435BB

tetradic

#BB5435 #59BB35 #359CBB #9735BB

square

#BB5435 #59BB35 #359CBB #9735BB

split-complementary

#BB5435 #35BB97 #3559BB

monochromatic

#5C291A #8B3F27 #BB5435 #D1775C #DE9F8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.74

#BB5435 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#BB5435 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB5435

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5435	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB5435	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)

#706531

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897C32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD3E4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5435;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 84, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.141 37.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6876d',
    500: '#bb5435',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5435;
$custom-light: #d6876d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5435",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.881,
    "s": 55.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57067,
    "c": 0.14086,
    "h": 37.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5435

secondary

#83B9C9

accent

#BCDF49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5435

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

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