#BB5B43#BB5B43

#BB5B43 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.130 H 35.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5B43
RGB	rgb(187, 91, 67)
HSL	hsl(12, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(12, 64%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.3%, 64.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.04, 36.75, 31.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.04, 48.56, 40.81°)
OKLab	oklab(58.32% 0.106 0.0747)
OKLCH	oklch(58.32% 0.13 35.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.2499, 18.4552, 7.5416)
Luminance	0.1845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5B43 #43A3BB

analogous

#BB4367 #BB5B43 #BB9743

triadic

#BB5B43 #43BB5B #5B43BB

tetradic

#BB5B43 #67BB43 #43A3BB #9743BB

square

#BB5B43 #67BB43 #43A3BB #9743BB

split-complementary

#BB5B43 #43BB97 #4367BB

monochromatic

#612F23 #8E4533 #BB5B43 #CC8270 #DCA99D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.48

#BB5B43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.69

#BB5B43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5B43

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5B43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5B43	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)

#746A41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7F41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC4955

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5b43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 91, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.130 35.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58b78',
    500: '#bb5b43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5b43;
$custom-light: #d58b78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5b43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12,
    "s": 47.244,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58323,
    "c": 0.12971,
    "h": 35.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5B43

secondary

#92BDC8

accent

#BCD751

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0ED

border

#D4CBC8

text

#150C09

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5B43

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

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