#BB5638#BB5638

#BB5638 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.138 H 37.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5638
RGB	rgb(187, 86, 56)
HSL	hsl(14, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(14, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54%, 70.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.90, 38.65, 36.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.90, 53.17, 43.37°)
OKLab	oklab(57.4% 0.1099 0.0835)
OKLCH	oklch(57.4% 0.138 37.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.5374, 17.5090, 5.8280)
Luminance	0.1751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5638 #389DBB

analogous

#BB385C #BB5638 #BB9738

triadic

#BB5638 #38BB56 #5638BB

tetradic

#BB5638 #5CBB38 #389DBB #9738BB

square

#BB5638 #5CBB38 #389DBB #9738BB

split-complementary

#BB5638 #38BB97 #385CBB

monochromatic

#5D2B1C #8C402A #BB5638 #D07A61 #DEA290

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.67

#BB5638 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.50

#BB5638 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB5638

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5638	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB5638	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)

#716635

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7D36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD414F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5638;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 86, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.138 37.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68870',
    500: '#bb5638',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5638;
$custom-light: #d68870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5638",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.74,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57403,
    "c": 0.13805,
    "h": 37.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5638

secondary

#86B9C8

accent

#BCDD4B

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5638

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

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