#BB553E#BB553E

#BB553E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.137 H 34.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB553E
RGB	rgb(187, 85, 62)
HSL	hsl(11, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(11, 67%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.5%, 66.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.78, 39.49, 33.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.78, 51.49, 39.91°)
OKLab	oklab(57.34% 0.1136 0.0769)
OKLCH	oklch(57.34% 0.137 34.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.6138, 17.4127, 6.6213)
Luminance	0.1741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB553E #3EA4BB

analogous

#BB3E66 #BB553E #BB943E

triadic

#BB553E #3EBB55 #553EBB

tetradic

#BB553E #66BB3E #3EA4BB #943EBB

square

#BB553E #66BB3E #3EA4BB #943EBB

split-complementary

#BB553E #3EBB94 #3E66BB

monochromatic

#5F2B20 #8D402F #BB553E #CD7B69 #DCA497

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.69

#BB553E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.48

#BB553E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB553E

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB553E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB553E	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)

#70663B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897C3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4150

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb553e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 85, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.137 34.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68874',
    500: '#bb553e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb553e;
$custom-light: #d68874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb553e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.04,
    "s": 50.201,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57337,
    "c": 0.1372,
    "h": 34.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.1741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB553E

secondary

#8DBDC8

accent

#C0DA4E

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0ED

border

#D4CBC8

text

#150B08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB553E

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

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