#BB5B44#BB5B44

#BB5B44 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.129 H 34.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5B44
RGB	rgb(187, 91, 68)
HSL	hsl(12, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(12, 64%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.3%, 63.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.06, 36.82, 31.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.06, 48.25, 40.26°)
OKLab	oklab(58.34% 0.1064 0.0736)
OKLCH	oklch(58.34% 0.129 34.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.2802, 18.4673, 7.7010)
Luminance	0.1846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5B44 #44A4BB

analogous

#BB4468 #BB5B44 #BB9744

triadic

#BB5B44 #44BB5B #5B44BB

tetradic

#BB5B44 #68BB44 #44A4BB #9744BB

square

#BB5B44 #68BB44 #44A4BB #9744BB

split-complementary

#BB5B44 #44BB97 #4468BB

monochromatic

#612F23 #8E4534 #BB5B44 #CB8271 #DCAA9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#BB5B44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.69

#BB5B44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5B44

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5B44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5B44	1.00	4.47	4.69	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.47	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)

#746A42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7F42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC4956

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5b44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 91, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.129 34.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58b78',
    500: '#bb5b44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5b44;
$custom-light: #d58b78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5b44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.597,
    "s": 46.667,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58339,
    "c": 0.12939,
    "h": 34.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5B44

secondary

#93BEC8

accent

#BDD651

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0ED

border

#D4CBC8

text

#150C09

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5B44

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

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