#BB5840#BB5840

#BB5840 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.134 H 34.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5840
RGB	rgb(187, 88, 64)
HSL	hsl(12, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(12, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.9%, 65.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.40, 38.10, 32.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.40, 50.17, 40.59°)
OKLab	oklab(57.82% 0.1097 0.0763)
OKLCH	oklch(57.82% 0.134 34.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.9109, 17.9174, 6.9961)
Luminance	0.1791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5840 #40A3BB

analogous

#BB4066 #BB5840 #BB9640

triadic

#BB5840 #40BB58 #5840BB

tetradic

#BB5840 #66BB40 #40A3BB #9640BB

square

#BB5840 #66BB40 #40A3BB #9640BB

split-complementary

#BB5840 #40BB96 #4066BB

monochromatic

#602D21 #8D4330 #BB5840 #CD7F6C #DCA699

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.58

#BB5840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.58

#BB5840 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5840

4.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5840	1.00	4.58	4.58	4.58
#FFFFFF	4.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#72683D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7E3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4552

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 88, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.134 34.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58975',
    500: '#bb5840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5840;
$custom-light: #d58975;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.707,
    "s": 49.004,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57817,
    "c": 0.13362,
    "h": 34.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5840

secondary

#8FBDC8

accent

#BED94F

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0ED

border

#D4CBC8

text

#150C08

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5840

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

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