#BB553B#BB553B

#BB553B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.138 H 35.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB553B
RGB	rgb(187, 85, 59)
HSL	hsl(12, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(12, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.5%, 68.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.74, 39.32, 34.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.74, 52.42, 41.40°)
OKLab	oklab(57.29% 0.1125 0.08)
OKLCH	oklch(57.29% 0.138 35.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.5337, 17.3806, 6.1997)
Luminance	0.1738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB553B #3BA1BB

analogous

#BB3B61 #BB553B #BB953B

triadic

#BB553B #3BBB55 #553BBB

tetradic

#BB553B #61BB3B #3BA1BB #953BBB

square

#BB553B #61BB3B #3BA1BB #953BBB

split-complementary

#BB553B #3BBB95 #3B61BB

monochromatic

#5E2B1E #8C402C #BB553B #CE7A65 #DDA293

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.69

#BB553B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.48

#BB553B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB553B

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB553B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB553B	1.00	4.69	4.48	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706638

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897C39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD404F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb553b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 85, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.138 35.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68872',
    500: '#bb553b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb553b;
$custom-light: #d68872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb553b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.187,
    "s": 52.033,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57294,
    "c": 0.13808,
    "h": 35.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB553B

secondary

#8ABCC8

accent

#BEDB4C

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB553B

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

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