#BB5842#BB5842

#BB5842 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.133 H 33.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5842
RGB	rgb(187, 88, 66)
HSL	hsl(11, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(11, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.9%, 64.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.42, 38.23, 31.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.42, 49.56, 39.53°)
OKLab	oklab(57.85% 0.1104 0.0742)
OKLCH	oklch(57.85% 0.133 33.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.9688, 17.9406, 7.3012)
Luminance	0.1794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5842 #42A5BB

analogous

#BB4269 #BB5842 #BB9542

triadic

#BB5842 #42BB58 #5842BB

tetradic

#BB5842 #69BB42 #42A5BB #9542BB

square

#BB5842 #69BB42 #42A5BB #9542BB

split-complementary

#BB5842 #42BB95 #4269BB

monochromatic

#612D22 #8E4332 #BB5842 #CC7F6E #DCA79C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.58

#BB5842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.59

#BB5842 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5842

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5842	1.00	4.58	4.59	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726840

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7E40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC4553

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 88, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.133 33.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58a77',
    500: '#bb5842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5842;
$custom-light: #d58a77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.909,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57847,
    "c": 0.13302,
    "h": 33.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5842

secondary

#91BEC8

accent

#BFD750

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0ED

border

#D4CBC8

text

#150C08

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5842

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

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