#BB5B46#BB5B46

#BB5B46 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.129 H 33.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5B46
RGB	rgb(187, 91, 70)
HSL	hsl(11, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(11, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.3%, 62.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.09, 36.95, 30.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.09, 47.65, 39.14°)
OKLab	oklab(58.37% 0.1072 0.0714)
OKLCH	oklch(58.37% 0.129 33.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.3423, 18.4921, 8.0279)
Luminance	0.1849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5B46 #46A6BB

analogous

#BB466C #BB5B46 #BB9546

triadic

#BB5B46 #46BB5B #5B46BB

tetradic

#BB5B46 #6CBB46 #46A6BB #9546BB

square

#BB5B46 #6CBB46 #46A6BB #9546BB

split-complementary

#BB5B46 #46BB95 #466CBB

monochromatic

#622F24 #8F4535 #BB5B46 #CB8373 #DCAAA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#BB5B46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#BB5B46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5B46

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5B46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5B46	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)

#746A44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7F44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC4956

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5b46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 91, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.129 33.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58b7a',
    500: '#bb5b46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5b46;
$custom-light: #d58b7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5b46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.769,
    "s": 46.245,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58371,
    "c": 0.12878,
    "h": 33.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5B46

secondary

#94BFC8

accent

#BED652

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0ED

border

#D4CBC8

text

#150C09

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5B46

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

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