#BB5B3C#BB5B3C

#BB5B3C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.132 H 38.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5B3C
RGB	rgb(187, 91, 60)
HSL	hsl(15, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(15, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.3%, 67.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.95, 36.32, 35.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.95, 50.81, 44.37°)
OKLab	oklab(58.22% 0.1035 0.0821)
OKLCH	oklch(58.22% 0.132 38.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.0525, 18.3762, 6.5018)
Luminance	0.1837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5B3C #3C9CBB

analogous

#BB3C5C #BB5B3C #BB9A3C

triadic

#BB5B3C #3CBB5B #5B3CBB

tetradic

#BB5B3C #5CBB3C #3C9CBB #9A3CBB

square

#BB5B3C #5CBB3C #3C9CBB #9A3CBB

split-complementary

#BB5B3C #3CBB9A #3C5CBB

monochromatic

#5E2E1E #8D442D #BB5B3C #CE8066 #DDA695

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.49

#BB5B3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.67

#BB5B3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5B3C

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5B3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5B3C	1.00	4.49	4.67	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.49	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)

#756A39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7F3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4854

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5b3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 91, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.132 38.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58b73',
    500: '#bb5b3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5b3c;
$custom-light: #d58b73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5b3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.646,
    "s": 51.417,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58221,
    "c": 0.13205,
    "h": 38.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5B3C

secondary

#8BB9C8

accent

#B8DB4D

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0ED

border

#D4CBC8

text

#150C08

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5B3C

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

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