#BB5536#BB5536

#BB5536 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.140 H 37.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5536
RGB	rgb(187, 85, 54)
HSL	hsl(14, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(14, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.5%, 71.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.67, 39.05, 37.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.67, 54.04, 43.73°)
OKLab	oklab(57.23% 0.1108 0.085)
OKLCH	oklch(57.23% 0.14 37.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.4102, 17.3312, 5.5491)
Luminance	0.1733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5536 #369CBB

analogous

#BB3659 #BB5536 #BB9836

triadic

#BB5536 #36BB55 #5536BB

tetradic

#BB5536 #59BB36 #369CBB #9836BB

square

#BB5536 #59BB36 #369CBB #9836BB

split-complementary

#BB5536 #36BB98 #3659BB

monochromatic

#5C2A1B #8C3F28 #BB5536 #D0785E #DEA08D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.70

#BB5536 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.47

#BB5536 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB5536

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5536	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB5536	1.00	4.70	4.47	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716633

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7C34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD404E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5536;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 85, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.140 37.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6876e',
    500: '#bb5536',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5536;
$custom-light: #d6876e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5536",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.985,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57228,
    "c": 0.13961,
    "h": 37.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5536

secondary

#84B9C9

accent

#BCDF49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5536

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

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