#BB5E46#BB5E46

#BB5E46 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.126 H 35.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5E46
RGB	rgb(187, 94, 70)
HSL	hsl(12, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(12, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.7%, 62.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.71, 35.40, 30.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.71, 46.95, 41.07°)
OKLab	oklab(58.84% 0.1024 0.0731)
OKLCH	oklch(58.84% 0.126 35.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.6039, 19.0153, 8.1151)
Luminance	0.1901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5E46 #46A3BB

analogous

#BB4668 #BB5E46 #BB9946

triadic

#BB5E46 #46BB5E #5E46BB

tetradic

#BB5E46 #68BB46 #46A3BB #9946BB

square

#BB5E46 #68BB46 #46A3BB #9946BB

split-complementary

#BB5E46 #46BB99 #4668BB

monochromatic

#623124 #8F4735 #BB5E46 #CB8573 #DCACA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#BB5E46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#BB5E46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5E46

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5E46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5E46	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)

#766C44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8044

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC4D58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5e46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 94, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.126 35.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58d7a',
    500: '#bb5e46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5e46;
$custom-light: #d58d7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5e46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.308,
    "s": 46.245,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58841,
    "c": 0.12577,
    "h": 35.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5E46

secondary

#94BEC8

accent

#BBD652

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0ED

border

#D4CBC8

text

#150C09

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5E46

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

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