#BB5C40#BB5C40

#BB5C40 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.130 H 37.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5C40
RGB	rgb(187, 92, 64)
HSL	hsl(14, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(14, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.8%, 65.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.21, 36.04, 33.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.21, 49.29, 43.01°)
OKLab	oklab(58.43% 0.1033 0.0785)
OKLCH	oklch(58.43% 0.13 37.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.2483, 18.5922, 7.1086)
Luminance	0.1859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5C40 #409FBB

analogous

#BB4061 #BB5C40 #BB9A40

triadic

#BB5C40 #40BB5C #5C40BB

tetradic

#BB5C40 #61BB40 #409FBB #9A40BB

square

#BB5C40 #61BB40 #409FBB #9A40BB

split-complementary

#BB5C40 #40BB9A #4061BB

monochromatic

#602F21 #8D4630 #BB5C40 #CD826C #DCA899

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#BB5C40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#BB5C40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5C40

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5C40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5C40	1.00	4.45	4.72	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756B3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7F3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC4A55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5c40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 92, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.130 37.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58c75',
    500: '#bb5c40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5c40;
$custom-light: #d58c75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5c40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.659,
    "s": 49.004,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58434,
    "c": 0.12974,
    "h": 37.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5C40

secondary

#8FBBC8

accent

#B9D94F

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0ED

border

#D4CBC8

text

#150C08

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5C40

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

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