#BB5941#BB5941

#BB5941 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.132 H 34.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5941
RGB	rgb(187, 89, 65)
HSL	hsl(12, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(12, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.4%, 65.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.61, 37.65, 32.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.61, 49.63, 40.66°)
OKLab	oklab(57.98% 0.1085 0.0758)
OKLCH	oklch(57.98% 0.132 34.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.0223, 18.0942, 7.1748)
Luminance	0.1809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5941 #41A3BB

analogous

#BB4166 #BB5941 #BB9641

triadic

#BB5941 #41BB59 #5941BB

tetradic

#BB5941 #66BB41 #41A3BB #9641BB

square

#BB5941 #66BB41 #41A3BB #9641BB

split-complementary

#BB5941 #41BB96 #4166BB

monochromatic

#602E21 #8E4331 #BB5941 #CC806D #DCA79A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.55

#BB5941 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.62

#BB5941 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5941

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5941	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5941	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)

#73693E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7E3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC4653

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5941;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 89, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.132 34.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58a76',
    500: '#bb5941',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5941;
$custom-light: #d58a76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5941",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.803,
    "s": 48.413,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57984,
    "c": 0.13232,
    "h": 34.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5941

secondary

#90BDC8

accent

#BDD850

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0ED

border

#D4CBC8

text

#150C08

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5941

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

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