#BB5439#BB5439

#BB5439 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.140 H 35.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5439
RGB	rgb(187, 84, 57)
HSL	hsl(12, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(12, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.1%, 69.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.52, 39.71, 35.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.52, 53.28, 41.82°)
OKLab	oklab(57.12% 0.1134 0.0816)
OKLCH	oklch(57.12% 0.14 35.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.4047, 17.2039, 5.9057)
Luminance	0.1720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5439 #39A0BB

analogous

#BB395F #BB5439 #BB9539

triadic

#BB5439 #39BB54 #5439BB

tetradic

#BB5439 #5FBB39 #39A0BB #9539BB

square

#BB5439 #5FBB39 #39A0BB #9539BB

split-complementary

#BB5439 #39BB95 #395FBB

monochromatic

#5D2A1C #8C3F2B #BB5439 #CF7962 #DDA191

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#BB5439 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#BB5439 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB5439

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5439	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB5439	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)

#706536

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897C37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD3F4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5439;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 84, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.140 35.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68770',
    500: '#bb5439',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5439;
$custom-light: #d68770;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5439",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.462,
    "s": 53.279,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57119,
    "c": 0.13966,
    "h": 35.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5439

secondary

#87BBC8

accent

#BEDD4B

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5439

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

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