#BB5848#BB5848

#BB5848 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.131 H 30.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5848
RGB	rgb(187, 88, 72)
HSL	hsl(8, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(8, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.9%, 61.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.51, 38.63, 28.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.51, 47.84, 36.14°)
OKLab	oklab(57.95% 0.1127 0.0674)
OKLCH	oklch(57.95% 0.131 30.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.1551, 18.0151, 8.2822)
Luminance	0.1801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5848 #48ABBB

analogous

#BB4871 #BB5848 #BB9148

triadic

#BB5848 #48BB58 #5848BB

tetradic

#BB5848 #71BB48 #48ABBB #9148BB

square

#BB5848 #71BB48 #48ABBB #9148BB

split-complementary

#BB5848 #48BB91 #4871BB

monochromatic

#642E25 #904236 #BB5848 #CC8175 #DCA9A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.56

#BB5848 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.60

#BB5848 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5848

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5848	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5848	1.00	4.56	4.60	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716946

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897E46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC4654

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5848;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 88, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.131 30.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58a7b',
    500: '#bb5848',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5848;
$custom-light: #d58a7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5848",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.348,
    "s": 45.817,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57945,
    "c": 0.13135,
    "h": 30.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5848

secondary

#96C2C9

accent

#C3D552

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0EE

border

#D4CBC9

text

#150C09

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5848

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

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