#BB5839#BB5839

#BB5839 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.136 H 37.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5839
RGB	rgb(187, 88, 57)
HSL	hsl(14, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(14, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.9%, 69.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.30, 37.69, 36.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.30, 52.42, 44.03°)
OKLab	oklab(57.72% 0.1071 0.0835)
OKLCH	oklch(57.72% 0.136 37.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.7241, 17.8427, 6.0121)
Luminance	0.1784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5839 #399CBB

analogous

#BB395B #BB5839 #BB9939

triadic

#BB5839 #39BB58 #5839BB

tetradic

#BB5839 #5BBB39 #399CBB #9939BB

square

#BB5839 #5BBB39 #399CBB #9939BB

split-complementary

#BB5839 #39BB99 #395BBB

monochromatic

#5D2C1C #8C422B #BB5839 #CF7C62 #DDA391

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.60

#BB5839 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.57

#BB5839 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB5839

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5839	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB5839	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)

#736836

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7D37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4451

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5839;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 88, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.136 37.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68970',
    500: '#bb5839',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5839;
$custom-light: #d68970;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5839",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.308,
    "s": 53.279,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57718,
    "c": 0.13585,
    "h": 37.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5839

secondary

#87B9C8

accent

#BADD4B

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5839

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

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