#BB5635#BB5635

#BB5635 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.139 H 38.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5635
RGB	rgb(187, 86, 53)
HSL	hsl(15, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(15, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54%, 71.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.86, 38.49, 38.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.86, 54.17, 44.71°)
OKLab	oklab(57.37% 0.1089 0.0864)
OKLCH	oklch(57.37% 0.139 38.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.4663, 17.4805, 5.4532)
Luminance	0.1748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5635 #359ABB

analogous

#BB3557 #BB5635 #BB9935

triadic

#BB5635 #35BB56 #5635BB

tetradic

#BB5635 #57BB35 #359ABB #9935BB

square

#BB5635 #57BB35 #359ABB #9935BB

split-complementary

#BB5635 #35BB99 #3557BB

monochromatic

#5C2A1A #8B4027 #BB5635 #D1795C #DEA08C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.67

#BB5635 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.50

#BB5635 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB5635

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5635	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB5635	1.00	4.67	4.50	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716631

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7D33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD414F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5635;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 86, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.139 38.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6886e',
    500: '#bb5635',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5635;
$custom-light: #d6886e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5635",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.776,
    "s": 55.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57365,
    "c": 0.139,
    "h": 38.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5635

secondary

#83B8C9

accent

#BADF49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5635

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

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