#BB5949#BB5949

#BB5949 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.130 H 30.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5949
RGB	rgb(187, 89, 73)
HSL	hsl(8, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(8, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.4%, 61%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.73, 38.19, 27.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.73, 47.30, 36.16°)
OKLab	oklab(58.11% 0.1115 0.0668)
OKLCH	oklch(58.11% 0.13 30.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.2706, 18.1936, 8.4830)
Luminance	0.1819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5949 #49ABBB

analogous

#BB4972 #BB5949 #BB9249

triadic

#BB5949 #49BB59 #5949BB

tetradic

#BB5949 #72BB49 #49ABBB #9249BB

square

#BB5949 #72BB49 #49ABBB #9249BB

split-complementary

#BB5949 #49BB92 #4972BB

monochromatic

#642E25 #914336 #BB5949 #CC8276 #DCAAA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.53

#BB5949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.64

#BB5949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5949

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5949	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)

#726947

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7E47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC4755

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 89, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.130 30.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58a7c',
    500: '#bb5949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5949;
$custom-light: #d58a7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.421,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58114,
    "c": 0.13001,
    "h": 30.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5949

secondary

#97C2C9

accent

#C3D553

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0EE

border

#D4CBC9

text

#150C09

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5949

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

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