#BB5442#BB5442

#BB5442 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.137 H 31.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5442
RGB	rgb(187, 84, 66)
HSL	hsl(9, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(9, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.1%, 64.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.64, 40.24, 30.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.64, 50.55, 37.24°)
OKLab	oklab(57.25% 0.1167 0.072)
OKLCH	oklch(57.25% 0.137 31.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.6495, 17.3019, 7.1948)
Luminance	0.1730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5442 #42A9BB

analogous

#BB426C #BB5442 #BB9142

triadic

#BB5442 #42BB54 #5442BB

tetradic

#BB5442 #6CBB42 #42A9BB #9142BB

square

#BB5442 #6CBB42 #42A9BB #9142BB

split-complementary

#BB5442 #42BB91 #426CBB

monochromatic

#612B22 #8E4032 #BB5442 #CC7C6E #DCA59C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#BB5442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#BB5442 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB5442

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB5442	1.00	4.71	4.46	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6640

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887C40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4050

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 84, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.137 31.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58777',
    500: '#bb5442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5442;
$custom-light: #d58777;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.926,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57251,
    "c": 0.13712,
    "h": 31.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5442

secondary

#91C0C8

accent

#C3D750

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0ED

border

#D4CBC8

text

#150B08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5442

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

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