#BB5D40#BB5D40

#BB5D40 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.129 H 37.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5D40
RGB	rgb(187, 93, 64)
HSL	hsl(14, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(14, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.3%, 65.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.41, 35.52, 33.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.41, 49.08, 43.63°)
OKLab	oklab(58.59% 0.1017 0.079)
OKLCH	oklch(58.59% 0.129 37.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.3355, 18.7666, 7.1376)
Luminance	0.1876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5D40 #409EBB

analogous

#BB4061 #BB5D40 #BB9B40

triadic

#BB5D40 #40BB5D #5D40BB

tetradic

#BB5D40 #61BB40 #409EBB #9B40BB

square

#BB5D40 #61BB40 #409EBB #9B40BB

split-complementary

#BB5D40 #40BB9B #4061BB

monochromatic

#603021 #8D4630 #BB5D40 #CD826C #DCA999

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.42

#BB5D40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.75

#BB5D40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5D40

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5D40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5D40	1.00	4.42	4.75	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#766B3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D803E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC4B56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5d40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 93, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.129 37.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58d75',
    500: '#bb5d40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5d40;
$custom-light: #d58d75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5d40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.146,
    "s": 49.004,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58591,
    "c": 0.1288,
    "h": 37.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5D40

secondary

#8FBBC8

accent

#B8D94F

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0ED

border

#D4CBC8

text

#150C08

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5D40

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

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