#BB5948#BB5948

#BB5948 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.130 H 31.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5948
RGB	rgb(187, 89, 72)
HSL	hsl(9, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(9, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.4%, 61.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.71, 38.12, 28.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.71, 47.58, 36.75°)
OKLab	oklab(58.1% 0.1111 0.068)
OKLCH	oklch(58.1% 0.13 31.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.2378, 18.1804, 8.3098)
Luminance	0.1818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5948 #48AABB

analogous

#BB4870 #BB5948 #BB9348

triadic

#BB5948 #48BB59 #5948BB

tetradic

#BB5948 #70BB48 #48AABB #9348BB

square

#BB5948 #70BB48 #48AABB #9348BB

split-complementary

#BB5948 #48BB93 #4870BB

monochromatic

#642E25 #904336 #BB5948 #CC8175 #DCAAA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.53

#BB5948 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.64

#BB5948 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5948

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5948	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5948	1.00	4.53	4.64	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726946

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7E46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC4755

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5948;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 89, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.130 31.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58a7b',
    500: '#bb5948',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5948;
$custom-light: #d58a7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5948",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.87,
    "s": 45.817,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58097,
    "c": 0.13028,
    "h": 31.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5948

secondary

#96C1C9

accent

#C2D552

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0EE

border

#D4CBC9

text

#150C09

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5948

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

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