#BB5C42#BB5C42

#BB5C42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.129 H 36.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5C42
RGB	rgb(187, 92, 66)
HSL	hsl(13, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(13, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.8%, 64.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.23, 36.17, 32.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.23, 48.65, 41.97°)
OKLab	oklab(58.46% 0.1041 0.0763)
OKLCH	oklch(58.46% 0.129 36.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.3062, 18.6154, 7.4137)
Luminance	0.1861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5C42 #42A1BB

analogous

#BB4264 #BB5C42 #BB9942

triadic

#BB5C42 #42BB5C #5C42BB

tetradic

#BB5C42 #64BB42 #42A1BB #9942BB

square

#BB5C42 #64BB42 #42A1BB #9942BB

split-complementary

#BB5C42 #42BB99 #4264BB

monochromatic

#612F22 #8E4632 #BB5C42 #CC826E #DCA99C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#BB5C42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#BB5C42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5C42

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5C42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5C42	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)

#756B3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7F40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC4A56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5c42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 92, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.129 36.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58c77',
    500: '#bb5c42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5c42;
$custom-light: #d58c77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5c42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.893,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58464,
    "c": 0.12907,
    "h": 36.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5C42

secondary

#91BCC8

accent

#BAD750

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0ED

border

#D4CBC8

text

#150C08

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5C42

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

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