#BB5642#BB5642

#BB5642 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.135 H 32.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5642
RGB	rgb(187, 86, 66)
HSL	hsl(10, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(10, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54%, 64.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.03, 39.24, 31.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.03, 50.05, 38.37°)
OKLab	oklab(57.55% 0.1136 0.0731)
OKLCH	oklch(57.55% 0.135 32.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.8069, 17.6168, 7.2472)
Luminance	0.1761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5642 #42A7BB

analogous

#BB426B #BB5642 #BB9242

triadic

#BB5642 #42BB56 #5642BB

tetradic

#BB5642 #6BBB42 #42A7BB #9242BB

square

#BB5642 #6BBB42 #42A7BB #9242BB

split-complementary

#BB5642 #42BB92 #426BBB

monochromatic

#612C22 #8E4132 #BB5642 #CC7E6E #DCA69C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.64

#BB5642 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.52

#BB5642 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB5642

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5642	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB5642	1.00	4.64	4.52	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706740

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897D40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC4351

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5642;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 86, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.135 32.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58877',
    500: '#bb5642',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5642;
$custom-light: #d58877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5642",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.917,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57546,
    "c": 0.13505,
    "h": 32.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5642

secondary

#91BFC8

accent

#C1D750

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0ED

border

#D4CBC8

text

#150C08

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5642

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

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