#BB5D49#BB5D49

#BB5D49 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.126 H 33.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5D49
RGB	rgb(187, 93, 73)
HSL	hsl(11, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(11, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.3%, 61%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.54, 36.13, 28.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.54, 46.28, 38.69°)
OKLab	oklab(58.73% 0.1051 0.0691)
OKLCH	oklch(58.73% 0.126 33.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.6126, 18.8775, 8.5970)
Luminance	0.1888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5D49 #49A7BB

analogous

#BB496E #BB5D49 #BB9649

triadic

#BB5D49 #49BB5D #5D49BB

tetradic

#BB5D49 #6EBB49 #49A7BB #9649BB

square

#BB5D49 #6EBB49 #49A7BB #9649BB

split-complementary

#BB5D49 #49BB96 #496EBB

monochromatic

#643025 #914636 #BB5D49 #CC8576 #DCACA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40

#BB5D49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.78

#BB5D49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5D49

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5D49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5D49	1.00	4.40	4.78	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756C47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8047

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC4C58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5d49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 93, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.126 33.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58d7c',
    500: '#bb5d49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5d49;
$custom-light: #d58d7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5d49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.526,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58733,
    "c": 0.12582,
    "h": 33.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5D49

secondary

#97C0C9

accent

#BED553

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0EE

border

#D4CBC9

text

#150C09

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5D49

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

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