#BB5436#BB5436

#BB5436 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.141 H 37.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5436
RGB	rgb(187, 84, 54)
HSL	hsl(14, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(14, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.1%, 71.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.48, 39.55, 37.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.48, 54.25, 43.20°)
OKLab	oklab(57.08% 0.1123 0.0845)
OKLCH	oklch(57.08% 0.141 37)
XYZ	xyz(24.3321, 17.1749, 5.5231)
Luminance	0.1717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5436 #369DBB

analogous

#BB365A #BB5436 #BB9736

triadic

#BB5436 #36BB54 #5436BB

tetradic

#BB5436 #5ABB36 #369DBB #9736BB

square

#BB5436 #5ABB36 #369DBB #9736BB

split-complementary

#BB5436 #36BB97 #365ABB

monochromatic

#5C291B #8C3F28 #BB5436 #D0785E #DE9F8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.74

#BB5436 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#BB5436 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB5436

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5436	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB5436	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)

#706533

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897C33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD3F4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5436;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 84, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.141 37.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6876e',
    500: '#bb5436',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5436;
$custom-light: #d6876e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5436",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.534,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5708,
    "c": 0.14056,
    "h": 37
  },
  "luminance": 0.17172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5436

secondary

#84B9C9

accent

#BDDF49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5436

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

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