#BB5A49#BB5A49

#BB5A49 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.129 H 31.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5A49
RGB	rgb(187, 90, 73)
HSL	hsl(9, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(9, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.9%, 61%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.93, 37.68, 28.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.93, 47.04, 36.77°)
OKLab	oklab(58.27% 0.1099 0.0674)
OKLCH	oklch(58.27% 0.129 31.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.3544, 18.3611, 8.5109)
Luminance	0.1836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5A49 #49AABB

analogous

#BB4971 #BB5A49 #BB9349

triadic

#BB5A49 #49BB5A #5A49BB

tetradic

#BB5A49 #71BB49 #49AABB #9349BB

square

#BB5A49 #71BB49 #49AABB #9349BB

split-complementary

#BB5A49 #49BB93 #4971BB

monochromatic

#642F25 #914436 #BB5A49 #CC8276 #DCABA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.50

#BB5A49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.67

#BB5A49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5A49

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5A49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5A49	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)

#726A47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7F47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC4956

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5a49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 90, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.129 31.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58b7c',
    500: '#bb5a49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5a49;
$custom-light: #d58b7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5a49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.947,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58267,
    "c": 0.12895,
    "h": 31.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5A49

secondary

#97C2C9

accent

#C2D553

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0EE

border

#D4CBC9

text

#150C09

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5A49

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

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