#BB5A42#BB5A42

#BB5A42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.131 H 35.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5A42
RGB	rgb(187, 90, 66)
HSL	hsl(12, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(12, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.9%, 64.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.83, 37.20, 32.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.83, 49.09, 40.73°)
OKLab	oklab(58.15% 0.1073 0.0753)
OKLCH	oklch(58.15% 0.131 35.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.1353, 18.2735, 7.3567)
Luminance	0.1827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5A42 #42A3BB

analogous

#BB4267 #BB5A42 #BB9742

triadic

#BB5A42 #42BB5A #5A42BB

tetradic

#BB5A42 #67BB42 #42A3BB #9742BB

square

#BB5A42 #67BB42 #42A3BB #9742BB

split-complementary

#BB5A42 #42BB97 #4267BB

monochromatic

#612E22 #8E4432 #BB5A42 #CC816E #DCA89C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.51

#BB5A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.65

#BB5A42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5A42

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5A42	1.00	4.51	4.65	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.51	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)

#736A3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7F40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC4854

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 90, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.131 35.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58b77',
    500: '#bb5a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5a42;
$custom-light: #d58b77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.901,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58153,
    "c": 0.13102,
    "h": 35.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.1827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5A42

secondary

#91BDC8

accent

#BDD750

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0ED

border

#D4CBC8

text

#150C08

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5A42

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

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