#BB5B40#BB5B40

#BB5B40 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.131 H 36.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5B40
RGB	rgb(187, 91, 64)
HSL	hsl(13, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(13, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.3%, 65.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.00, 36.56, 33.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.00, 49.50, 42.39°)
OKLab	oklab(58.28% 0.1049 0.0779)
OKLCH	oklch(58.28% 0.131 36.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.1622, 18.4201, 7.0799)
Luminance	0.1842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5B40 #40A0BB

analogous

#BB4063 #BB5B40 #BB9940

triadic

#BB5B40 #40BB5B #5B40BB

tetradic

#BB5B40 #63BB40 #40A0BB #9940BB

square

#BB5B40 #63BB40 #40A0BB #9940BB

split-complementary

#BB5B40 #40BB99 #4063BB

monochromatic

#602F21 #8D4530 #BB5B40 #CD816C #DCA899

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.48

#BB5B40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.68

#BB5B40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5B40

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5B40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5B40	1.00	4.48	4.68	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746A3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7F3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC4955

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5b40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 91, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.131 36.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58b75',
    500: '#bb5b40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5b40;
$custom-light: #d58b75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5b40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.171,
    "s": 49.004,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58278,
    "c": 0.1307,
    "h": 36.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5B40

secondary

#8FBBC8

accent

#BAD94F

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0ED

border

#D4CBC8

text

#150C08

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5B40

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

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