#BB5D53#BB5D53

#BB5D53 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.123 H 27.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5D53
RGB	rgb(187, 93, 83)
HSL	hsl(6, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(6, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.3%, 55.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.71, 36.90, 23.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.71, 43.67, 32.32°)
OKLab	oklab(58.91% 0.1091 0.0572)
OKLCH	oklch(58.91% 0.123 27.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.9712, 19.0209, 10.4856)
Luminance	0.1902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5D53 #53B1BB

analogous

#BB537D #BB5D53 #BB9153

triadic

#BB5D53 #53BB5D #5D53BB

tetradic

#BB5D53 #7DBB53 #53B1BB #9153BB

square

#BB5D53 #7DBB53 #53B1BB #9153BB

split-complementary

#BB5D53 #53BB91 #537DBB

monochromatic

#6A302A #96443B #BB5D53 #CC867F #DEB0AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#BB5D53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#BB5D53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5D53

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5D53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5D53	1.00	4.37	4.80	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746D52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8051

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB4E5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5d53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 93, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.123 27.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48d83',
    500: '#bb5d53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5d53;
$custom-light: #d48d83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5d53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.769,
    "s": 43.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58915,
    "c": 0.12318,
    "h": 27.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5D53

secondary

#9EC7CB

accent

#C7D355

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150C0A

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5D53

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

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