#BB5535#BB5535

#BB5535 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.140 H 37.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5535
RGB	rgb(187, 85, 53)
HSL	hsl(14, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(14, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.5%, 71.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.66, 39.00, 37.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.66, 54.37, 44.17°)
OKLab	oklab(57.22% 0.1104 0.086)
OKLCH	oklch(57.22% 0.14 37.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.3870, 17.3219, 5.4267)
Luminance	0.1732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5535 #359BBB

analogous

#BB3558 #BB5535 #BB9835

triadic

#BB5535 #35BB55 #5535BB

tetradic

#BB5535 #58BB35 #359BBB #9835BB

square

#BB5535 #58BB35 #359BBB #9835BB

split-complementary

#BB5535 #35BB98 #3558BB

monochromatic

#5C2A1A #8B3F27 #BB5535 #D1785C #DEA08C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.70

#BB5535 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#BB5535 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB5535

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5535	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB5535	1.00	4.70	4.46	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716631

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7C33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD404E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5535;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 85, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.140 37.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6876d',
    500: '#bb5535',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5535;
$custom-light: #d6876d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5535",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.328,
    "s": 55.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57215,
    "c": 0.13993,
    "h": 37.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5535

secondary

#83B8C9

accent

#BBDF49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5535

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

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