#BB5736#BB5736

#BB5736 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.138 H 38.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5736
RGB	rgb(187, 87, 54)
HSL	hsl(15, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(15, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.5%, 71.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.07, 38.04, 37.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.07, 53.63, 44.82°)
OKLab	oklab(57.53% 0.1077 0.086)
OKLCH	oklch(57.53% 0.138 38.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.5699, 17.6506, 5.6024)
Luminance	0.1765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5736 #369ABB

analogous

#BB3658 #BB5736 #BB9A36

triadic

#BB5736 #36BB57 #5736BB

tetradic

#BB5736 #58BB36 #369ABB #9A36BB

square

#BB5736 #58BB36 #369ABB #9A36BB

split-complementary

#BB5736 #36BB9A #3658BB

monochromatic

#5C2B1B #8C4128 #BB5736 #D07A5E #DEA18D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.64

#BB5736 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.53

#BB5736 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB5736

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5736	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB5736	1.00	4.64	4.53	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726732

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7D34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4250

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5736;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 87, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.138 38.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6896e',
    500: '#bb5736',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5736;
$custom-light: #d6896e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5736",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.887,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57528,
    "c": 0.13776,
    "h": 38.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5736

secondary

#84B8C9

accent

#B9DF49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5736

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

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