#BB5E40#BB5E40

#BB5E40 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.128 H 38.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5E40
RGB	rgb(187, 94, 64)
HSL	hsl(15, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(15, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.7%, 65.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.62, 35.00, 34.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.62, 48.87, 44.26°)
OKLab	oklab(58.75% 0.1001 0.0796)
OKLCH	oklch(58.75% 0.128 38.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.4238, 18.9433, 7.1671)
Luminance	0.1894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5E40 #409DBB

analogous

#BB4060 #BB5E40 #BB9C40

triadic

#BB5E40 #40BB5E #5E40BB

tetradic

#BB5E40 #60BB40 #409DBB #9C40BB

square

#BB5E40 #60BB40 #409DBB #9C40BB

split-complementary

#BB5E40 #40BB9C #4060BB

monochromatic

#603021 #8D4730 #BB5E40 #CD836C #DCAA99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#BB5E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#BB5E40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5E40

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5E40	1.00	4.39	4.79	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#776C3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D803E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC4C57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 94, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.128 38.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58d75',
    500: '#bb5e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5e40;
$custom-light: #d58d75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.634,
    "s": 49.004,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5875,
    "c": 0.12787,
    "h": 38.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5E40

secondary

#8FBAC8

accent

#B7D94F

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0ED

border

#D4CBC8

text

#150C08

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5E40

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

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