#BB553F#BB553F

#BB553F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.137 H 33.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB553F
RGB	rgb(187, 85, 63)
HSL	hsl(11, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(11, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.5%, 66.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.79, 39.56, 32.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.79, 51.18, 39.39°)
OKLab	oklab(57.35% 0.114 0.0758)
OKLCH	oklch(57.35% 0.137 33.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.6415, 17.4237, 6.7672)
Luminance	0.1742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB553F #3FA5BB

analogous

#BB3F67 #BB553F #BB933F

triadic

#BB553F #3FBB55 #553FBB

tetradic

#BB553F #67BB3F #3FA5BB #933FBB

square

#BB553F #67BB3F #3FA5BB #933FBB

split-complementary

#BB553F #3FBB93 #3F67BB

monochromatic

#5F2B20 #8D4030 #BB553F #CD7C6A #DCA498

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.68

#BB553F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.48

#BB553F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB553F

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB553F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB553F	1.00	4.68	4.48	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#70663D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897C3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4150

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb553f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 85, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.137 33.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68874',
    500: '#bb553f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb553f;
$custom-light: #d68874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb553f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.645,
    "s": 49.6,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57352,
    "c": 0.13691,
    "h": 33.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB553F

secondary

#8EBEC8

accent

#C1D94F

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0ED

border

#D4CBC8

text

#150B08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB553F

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

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