#BB5947#BB5947

#BB5947 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.131 H 32.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5947
RGB	rgb(187, 89, 71)
HSL	hsl(9, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(9, 62%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.4%, 62%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.70, 38.05, 29.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.70, 47.86, 37.33°)
OKLab	oklab(58.08% 0.1108 0.0691)
OKLCH	oklch(58.08% 0.131 32)
XYZ	xyz(25.2054, 18.1675, 8.1393)
Luminance	0.1816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5947 #47A9BB

analogous

#BB476F #BB5947 #BB9347

triadic

#BB5947 #47BB59 #5947BB

tetradic

#BB5947 #6FBB47 #47A9BB #9347BB

square

#BB5947 #6FBB47 #47A9BB #9347BB

split-complementary

#BB5947 #47BB93 #476FBB

monochromatic

#632E25 #904335 #BB5947 #CC8174 #DCAAA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.53

#BB5947 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.63

#BB5947 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5947

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5947	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5947	1.00	4.53	4.63	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726945

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7E45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC4755

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5947;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 89, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.131 32.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58a7a',
    500: '#bb5947',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5947;
$custom-light: #d58a7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5947",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.31,
    "s": 46.032,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5808,
    "c": 0.13055,
    "h": 32
  },
  "luminance": 0.18164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5947

secondary

#95C1C9

accent

#C1D652

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0ED

border

#D4CBC8

text

#150C09

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5947

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

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