#BB5B49#BB5B49

#BB5B49 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.128 H 32.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5B49
RGB	rgb(187, 91, 73)
HSL	hsl(9, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(9, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.3%, 61%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.13, 37.16, 28.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.13, 46.78, 37.40°)
OKLab	oklab(58.42% 0.1084 0.068)
OKLCH	oklch(58.42% 0.128 32.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.4393, 18.5310, 8.5392)
Luminance	0.1853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5B49 #49A9BB

analogous

#BB4970 #BB5B49 #BB9449

triadic

#BB5B49 #49BB5B #5B49BB

tetradic

#BB5B49 #70BB49 #49A9BB #9449BB

square

#BB5B49 #70BB49 #49A9BB #9449BB

split-complementary

#BB5B49 #49BB94 #4970BB

monochromatic

#642F25 #914436 #BB5B49 #CC8376 #DCABA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#BB5B49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.71

#BB5B49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5B49

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5B49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5B49	1.00	4.46	4.71	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736B47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7F47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC4A57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5b49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 91, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.128 32.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58c7c',
    500: '#bb5b49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5b49;
$custom-light: #d58c7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5b49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.474,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58421,
    "c": 0.12789,
    "h": 32.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5B49

secondary

#97C1C9

accent

#C1D553

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0EE

border

#D4CBC9

text

#150C09

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5B49

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

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