#BB5939#BB5939

#BB5939 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.135 H 38.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5939
RGB	rgb(187, 89, 57)
HSL	hsl(15, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(15, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.4%, 69.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.51, 37.18, 36.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.51, 52.22, 44.60°)
OKLab	oklab(57.87% 0.1056 0.084)
OKLCH	oklch(57.87% 0.135 38.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.8067, 18.0080, 6.0397)
Luminance	0.1800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5939 #399BBB

analogous

#BB395A #BB5939 #BB9A39

triadic

#BB5939 #39BB59 #5939BB

tetradic

#BB5939 #5ABB39 #399BBB #9A39BB

square

#BB5939 #5ABB39 #399BBB #9A39BB

split-complementary

#BB5939 #39BB9A #395ABB

monochromatic

#5D2C1C #8C432B #BB5939 #CF7D62 #DDA491

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.56

#BB5939 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.60

#BB5939 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5939

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5939	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5939	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)

#736836

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7E37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4552

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5939;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 89, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.135 38.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68a70',
    500: '#bb5939',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5939;
$custom-light: #d68a70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5939",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.769,
    "s": 53.279,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57871,
    "c": 0.13493,
    "h": 38.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5939

secondary

#87B8C8

accent

#B9DD4B

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5939

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

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