#BB5838#BB5838

#BB5838 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.136 H 38.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5838
RGB	rgb(187, 88, 56)
HSL	hsl(15, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(15, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.9%, 70.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.29, 37.64, 36.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.29, 52.76, 44.49°)
OKLab	oklab(57.71% 0.1068 0.0845)
OKLCH	oklch(57.71% 0.136 38.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.6994, 17.8328, 5.8820)
Luminance	0.1783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5838 #389BBB

analogous

#BB385A #BB5838 #BB9938

triadic

#BB5838 #38BB58 #5838BB

tetradic

#BB5838 #5ABB38 #389BBB #9938BB

square

#BB5838 #5ABB38 #389BBB #9938BB

split-complementary

#BB5838 #38BB99 #385ABB

monochromatic

#5D2C1C #8C422A #BB5838 #D07C61 #DEA390

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.60

#BB5838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.57

#BB5838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB5838

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB5838	1.00	4.60	4.57	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736835

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7D36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4451

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 88, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.136 38.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68970',
    500: '#bb5838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5838;
$custom-light: #d68970;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.656,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57705,
    "c": 0.13618,
    "h": 38.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5838

secondary

#86B8C8

accent

#B9DD4B

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5838

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

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