#BB5B47#BB5B47

#BB5B47 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.128 H 33.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5B47
RGB	rgb(187, 91, 71)
HSL	hsl(10, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(10, 62%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.3%, 62%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.10, 37.02, 29.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.10, 47.36, 38.57°)
OKLab	oklab(58.39% 0.1076 0.0702)
OKLCH	oklch(58.39% 0.128 33.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.3741, 18.5049, 8.1956)
Luminance	0.1850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5B47 #47A7BB

analogous

#BB476D #BB5B47 #BB9547

triadic

#BB5B47 #47BB5B #5B47BB

tetradic

#BB5B47 #6DBB47 #47A7BB #9547BB

square

#BB5B47 #6DBB47 #47A7BB #9547BB

split-complementary

#BB5B47 #47BB95 #476DBB

monochromatic

#632F25 #904535 #BB5B47 #CC8374 #DCABA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#BB5B47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#BB5B47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5B47

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5B47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5B47	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)

#736A45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7F45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC4A56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5b47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 91, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.128 33.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58b7a',
    500: '#bb5b47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5b47;
$custom-light: #d58b7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5b47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.345,
    "s": 46.032,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58387,
    "c": 0.12847,
    "h": 33.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5B47

secondary

#95C0C9

accent

#BFD652

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0ED

border

#D4CBC8

text

#150C09

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5B47

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

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