#BB5A48#BB5A48

#BB5A48 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.129 H 32.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5A48
RGB	rgb(187, 90, 72)
HSL	hsl(9, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(9, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.9%, 61.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.92, 37.61, 28.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.92, 47.32, 37.37°)
OKLab	oklab(58.25% 0.1096 0.0685)
OKLCH	oklch(58.25% 0.129 32)
XYZ	xyz(25.3215, 18.3480, 8.3377)
Luminance	0.1835 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5A48 #48A9BB

analogous

#BB486F #BB5A48 #BB9348

triadic

#BB5A48 #48BB5A #5A48BB

tetradic

#BB5A48 #6FBB48 #48A9BB #9348BB

square

#BB5A48 #6FBB48 #48A9BB #9348BB

split-complementary

#BB5A48 #48BB93 #486FBB

monochromatic

#642F25 #904436 #BB5A48 #CC8275 #DCAAA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.50

#BB5A48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.67

#BB5A48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5A48

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5A48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5A48	1.00	4.50	4.67	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736A46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7F46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC4956

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5a48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 90, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.129 32.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58b7b',
    500: '#bb5a48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5a48;
$custom-light: #d58b7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5a48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.391,
    "s": 45.817,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5825,
    "c": 0.12922,
    "h": 32
  },
  "luminance": 0.18345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5A48

secondary

#96C1C9

accent

#C1D552

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0EE

border

#D4CBC9

text

#150C09

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5A48

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

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