#BB5742#BB5742

#BB5742 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.134 H 33.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5742
RGB	rgb(187, 87, 66)
HSL	hsl(10, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(10, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.5%, 64.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.23, 38.73, 31.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.23, 49.80, 38.95°)
OKLab	oklab(57.7% 0.112 0.0736)
OKLCH	oklch(57.7% 0.134 33.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.8873, 17.7776, 7.2740)
Luminance	0.1777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5742 #42A6BB

analogous

#BB426A #BB5742 #BB9342

triadic

#BB5742 #42BB57 #5742BB

tetradic

#BB5742 #6ABB42 #42A6BB #9342BB

square

#BB5742 #6ABB42 #42A6BB #9342BB

split-complementary

#BB5742 #42BB93 #426ABB

monochromatic

#612D22 #8E4232 #BB5742 #CC7F6E #DCA79C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.61

#BB5742 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.56

#BB5742 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB5742

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5742	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB5742	1.00	4.61	4.56	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716840

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897D40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC4452

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5742;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 87, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.134 33.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58977',
    500: '#bb5742',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5742;
$custom-light: #d58977;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5742",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.413,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57696,
    "c": 0.13403,
    "h": 33.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5742

secondary

#91BEC8

accent

#C0D750

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0ED

border

#D4CBC8

text

#150C08

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5742

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

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