#BB5B42#BB5B42

#BB5B42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.130 H 35.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5B42
RGB	rgb(187, 91, 66)
HSL	hsl(12, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(12, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.3%, 64.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.03, 36.69, 32.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.03, 48.87, 41.34°)
OKLab	oklab(58.31% 0.1057 0.0758)
OKLCH	oklch(58.31% 0.13 35.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.2202, 18.4433, 7.3850)
Luminance	0.1844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5B42 #42A2BB

analogous

#BB4265 #BB5B42 #BB9842

triadic

#BB5B42 #42BB5B #5B42BB

tetradic

#BB5B42 #65BB42 #42A2BB #9842BB

square

#BB5B42 #65BB42 #42A2BB #9842BB

split-complementary

#BB5B42 #42BB98 #4265BB

monochromatic

#612F22 #8E4532 #BB5B42 #CC826E #DCA99C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.48

#BB5B42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.69

#BB5B42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5B42

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5B42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5B42	1.00	4.48	4.69	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746A3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7F40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC4955

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5b42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 91, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.130 35.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58b77',
    500: '#bb5b42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5b42;
$custom-light: #d58b77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5b42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.397,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58308,
    "c": 0.13003,
    "h": 35.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5B42

secondary

#91BDC8

accent

#BCD750

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0ED

border

#D4CBC8

text

#150C08

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5B42

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

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