#BB5438#BB5438

#BB5438 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.140 H 36.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5438
RGB	rgb(187, 84, 56)
HSL	hsl(13, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(13, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.1%, 70.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.50, 39.66, 36.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.50, 53.60, 42.29°)
OKLab	oklab(57.11% 0.113 0.0826)
OKLCH	oklch(57.11% 0.14 36.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.3800, 17.1941, 5.7756)
Luminance	0.1719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5438 #389FBB

analogous

#BB385E #BB5438 #BB9538

triadic

#BB5438 #38BB54 #5438BB

tetradic

#BB5438 #5EBB38 #389FBB #9538BB

square

#BB5438 #5EBB38 #389FBB #9538BB

split-complementary

#BB5438 #38BB95 #385EBB

monochromatic

#5D2A1C #8C3F2A #BB5438 #D07861 #DEA090

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#BB5438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#BB5438 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB5438

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB5438	1.00	4.73	4.44	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706535

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897C36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD3F4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 84, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.140 36.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6876f',
    500: '#bb5438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5438;
$custom-light: #d6876f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.824,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57105,
    "c": 0.13995,
    "h": 36.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5438

secondary

#86BAC8

accent

#BEDD4B

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5438

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

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