#BB5849#BB5849

#BB5849 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.131 H 30.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5849
RGB	rgb(187, 88, 73)
HSL	hsl(8, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(8, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.9%, 61%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.53, 38.70, 27.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.53, 47.57, 35.55°)
OKLab	oklab(57.96% 0.1131 0.0662)
OKLCH	oklch(57.96% 0.131 30.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.1880, 18.0283, 8.4554)
Luminance	0.1802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5849 #49ACBB

analogous

#BB4973 #BB5849 #BB9149

triadic

#BB5849 #49BB58 #5849BB

tetradic

#BB5849 #73BB49 #49ACBB #9149BB

square

#BB5849 #73BB49 #49ACBB #9149BB

split-complementary

#BB5849 #49BB91 #4973BB

monochromatic

#642E25 #914236 #BB5849 #CC8176 #DCAAA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.56

#BB5849 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.60

#BB5849 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5849

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5849	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5849	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)

#716947

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897E47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC4655

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5849;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 88, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.131 30.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58a7c',
    500: '#bb5849',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5849;
$custom-light: #d58a7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5849",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.895,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57962,
    "c": 0.13109,
    "h": 30.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5849

secondary

#97C3C9

accent

#C4D553

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0EE

border

#D4CBC9

text

#150C09

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5849

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

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