#BB5541#BB5541

#BB5541 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.136 H 32.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5541
RGB	rgb(187, 85, 65)
HSL	hsl(10, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(10, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.5%, 65.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.82, 39.68, 31.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.82, 50.59, 38.34°)
OKLab	oklab(57.38% 0.1147 0.0737)
OKLCH	oklch(57.38% 0.136 32.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.6984, 17.4465, 7.0669)
Luminance	0.1744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5541 #41A7BB

analogous

#BB416A #BB5541 #BB9241

triadic

#BB5541 #41BB55 #5541BB

tetradic

#BB5541 #6ABB41 #41A7BB #9241BB

square

#BB5541 #6ABB41 #41A7BB #9241BB

split-complementary

#BB5541 #41BB92 #416ABB

monochromatic

#602C21 #8E4031 #BB5541 #CC7D6D #DCA59A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.68

#BB5541 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.49

#BB5541 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB5541

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5541	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB5541	1.00	4.68	4.49	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F663F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897C3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4150

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5541;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 85, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.136 32.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58876',
    500: '#bb5541',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5541;
$custom-light: #d58876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5541",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.836,
    "s": 48.413,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57382,
    "c": 0.13635,
    "h": 32.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5541

secondary

#90BFC8

accent

#C2D850

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0ED

border

#D4CBC8

text

#150B08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5541

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

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