#BB5940#BB5940

#BB5940 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.133 H 35.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5940
RGB	rgb(187, 89, 64)
HSL	hsl(12, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(12, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.4%, 65.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.60, 37.59, 32.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.60, 49.94, 41.18°)
OKLab	oklab(57.97% 0.1081 0.0769)
OKLCH	oklch(57.97% 0.133 35.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.9936, 18.0827, 7.0236)
Luminance	0.1808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5940 #40A2BB

analogous

#BB4065 #BB5940 #BB9740

triadic

#BB5940 #40BB59 #5940BB

tetradic

#BB5940 #65BB40 #40A2BB #9740BB

square

#BB5940 #65BB40 #40A2BB #9740BB

split-complementary

#BB5940 #40BB97 #4065BB

monochromatic

#602E21 #8D4330 #BB5940 #CD7F6C #DCA799

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.55

#BB5940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.62

#BB5940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5940

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5940	1.00	4.55	4.62	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#73693D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7E3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC4653

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 89, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.133 35.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58a75',
    500: '#bb5940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5940;
$custom-light: #d58a75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.195,
    "s": 49.004,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57969,
    "c": 0.13263,
    "h": 35.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5940

secondary

#8FBCC8

accent

#BDD94F

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0ED

border

#D4CBC8

text

#150C08

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5940

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

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