#BB5A40#BB5A40

#BB5A40 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.132 H 36.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5A40
RGB	rgb(187, 90, 64)
HSL	hsl(13, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(13, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.9%, 65.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.80, 37.08, 33.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.80, 49.72, 41.78°)
OKLab	oklab(58.12% 0.1065 0.0774)
OKLCH	oklch(58.12% 0.132 36)
XYZ	xyz(25.0773, 18.2503, 7.0516)
Luminance	0.1825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5A40 #40A1BB

analogous

#BB4064 #BB5A40 #BB9840

triadic

#BB5A40 #40BB5A #5A40BB

tetradic

#BB5A40 #64BB40 #40A1BB #9840BB

square

#BB5A40 #64BB40 #40A1BB #9840BB

split-complementary

#BB5A40 #40BB98 #4064BB

monochromatic

#602E21 #8D4430 #BB5A40 #CD806C #DCA799

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.52

#BB5A40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.65

#BB5A40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5A40

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5A40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5A40	1.00	4.52	4.65	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#73693D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7E3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC4754

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5a40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 90, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.132 36.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58b75',
    500: '#bb5a40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5a40;
$custom-light: #d58b75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5a40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.683,
    "s": 49.004,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58123,
    "c": 0.13166,
    "h": 36
  },
  "luminance": 0.18247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5A40

secondary

#8FBCC8

accent

#BCD94F

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0ED

border

#D4CBC8

text

#150C08

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5A40

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

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