#BB5543#BB5543

#BB5543 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.136 H 31.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5543
RGB	rgb(187, 85, 67)
HSL	hsl(9, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(9, 64%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.5%, 64.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.85, 39.81, 30.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.85, 50.01, 37.25°)
OKLab	oklab(57.41% 0.1155 0.0715)
OKLCH	oklch(57.41% 0.136 31.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.7574, 17.4701, 7.3774)
Luminance	0.1747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5543 #43A9BB

analogous

#BB436D #BB5543 #BB9143

triadic

#BB5543 #43BB55 #5543BB

tetradic

#BB5543 #6DBB43 #43A9BB #9143BB

square

#BB5543 #6DBB43 #43A9BB #9143BB

split-complementary

#BB5543 #43BB91 #436DBB

monochromatic

#612C23 #8E4133 #BB5543 #CC7D70 #DCA69D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.67

#BB5543 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.49

#BB5543 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB5543

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5543	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB5543	1.00	4.67	4.49	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6641

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887C41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC4251

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5543;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 85, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.136 31.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58877',
    500: '#bb5543',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5543;
$custom-light: #d58877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5543",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9,
    "s": 47.244,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57414,
    "c": 0.13582,
    "h": 31.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5543

secondary

#92C0C8

accent

#C3D751

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0ED

border

#D4CBC8

text

#150B08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5543

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

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