#BB5542#BB5542

#BB5542 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.136 H 32.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5542
RGB	rgb(187, 85, 66)
HSL	hsl(9, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(9, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.5%, 64.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.83, 39.74, 30.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.83, 50.30, 37.80°)
OKLab	oklab(57.4% 0.1151 0.0726)
OKLCH	oklch(57.4% 0.136 32.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.7276, 17.4582, 7.2208)
Luminance	0.1746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5542 #42A8BB

analogous

#BB426C #BB5542 #BB9142

triadic

#BB5542 #42BB55 #5542BB

tetradic

#BB5542 #6CBB42 #42A8BB #9142BB

square

#BB5542 #6CBB42 #42A8BB #9142BB

split-complementary

#BB5542 #42BB91 #426CBB

monochromatic

#612C22 #8E4032 #BB5542 #CC7D6E #DCA69C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.68

#BB5542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.49

#BB5542 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB5542

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB5542	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)

#6F6640

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897C40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4151

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 85, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.136 32.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58877',
    500: '#bb5542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5542;
$custom-light: #d58877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.421,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57398,
    "c": 0.13608,
    "h": 32.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5542

secondary

#91BFC8

accent

#C2D750

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0ED

border

#D4CBC8

text

#150B08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5542

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

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