#BB5E47#BB5E47

#BB5E47 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.125 H 35.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5E47
RGB	rgb(187, 94, 71)
HSL	hsl(12, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(12, 62%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.7%, 62%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.72, 35.47, 30.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.72, 46.64, 40.50°)
OKLab	oklab(58.86% 0.1028 0.072)
OKLCH	oklch(58.86% 0.125 35)
XYZ	xyz(25.6357, 19.0281, 8.2828)
Luminance	0.1903 (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

#BB5E47 #47A4BB

analogous

#BB476A #BB5E47 #BB9847

triadic

#BB5E47 #47BB5E #5E47BB

tetradic

#BB5E47 #6ABB47 #47A4BB #9847BB

square

#BB5E47 #6ABB47 #47A4BB #9847BB

split-complementary

#BB5E47 #47BB98 #476ABB

monochromatic

#633125 #904735 #BB5E47 #CC8574 #DCACA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#BB5E47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.81

#BB5E47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5E47

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5E47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5E47	1.00	4.37	4.81	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#766C45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8045

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC4D59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5e47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 94, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.125 35.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58d7a',
    500: '#bb5e47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5e47;
$custom-light: #d58d7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5e47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.897,
    "s": 46.032,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58857,
    "c": 0.12545,
    "h": 35
  },
  "luminance": 0.19025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5E47

secondary

#95BEC9

accent

#BCD652

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0ED

border

#D4CBC8

text

#150C09

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5E47

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

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