#BB5B45#BB5B45

#BB5B45 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.129 H 34.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5B45
RGB	rgb(187, 91, 69)
HSL	hsl(11, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(11, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.3%, 63.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.07, 36.89, 30.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.07, 47.95, 39.71°)
OKLab	oklab(58.36% 0.1068 0.0725)
OKLCH	oklch(58.36% 0.129 34.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.3110, 18.4796, 7.8631)
Luminance	0.1848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5B45 #45A5BB

analogous

#BB456A #BB5B45 #BB9645

triadic

#BB5B45 #45BB5B #5B45BB

tetradic

#BB5B45 #6ABB45 #45A5BB #9645BB

square

#BB5B45 #6ABB45 #45A5BB #9645BB

split-complementary

#BB5B45 #45BB96 #456ABB

monochromatic

#622F24 #8F4534 #BB5B45 #CB8372 #DCAA9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#BB5B45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#BB5B45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5B45

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5B45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5B45	1.00	4.47	4.70	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746A43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7F43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC4956

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5b45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 91, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.129 34.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58b79',
    500: '#bb5b45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5b45;
$custom-light: #d58b79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5b45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.186,
    "s": 46.457,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58355,
    "c": 0.12908,
    "h": 34.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5B45

secondary

#94BEC8

accent

#BDD652

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0ED

border

#D4CBC8

text

#150C09

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5B45

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

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