#BB5942#BB5942

#BB5942 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.132 H 34.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5942
RGB	rgb(187, 89, 66)
HSL	hsl(11, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(11, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.4%, 64.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.62, 37.72, 31.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.62, 49.33, 40.13°)
OKLab	oklab(58% 0.1088 0.0747)
OKLCH	oklch(58% 0.132 34.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.0515, 18.1059, 7.3288)
Luminance	0.1810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5942 #42A4BB

analogous

#BB4268 #BB5942 #BB9642

triadic

#BB5942 #42BB59 #5942BB

tetradic

#BB5942 #68BB42 #42A4BB #9642BB

square

#BB5942 #68BB42 #42A4BB #9642BB

split-complementary

#BB5942 #42BB96 #4268BB

monochromatic

#612E22 #8E4332 #BB5942 #CC806E #DCA89C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.54

#BB5942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.62

#BB5942 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5942

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5942	1.00	4.54	4.62	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.54	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)

#726940

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7E40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC4654

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 89, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.132 34.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58a77',
    500: '#bb5942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5942;
$custom-light: #d58a77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.405,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57999,
    "c": 0.13201,
    "h": 34.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5942

secondary

#91BEC8

accent

#BED750

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0ED

border

#D4CBC8

text

#150C08

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5942

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

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