#BB5E48#BB5E48

#BB5E48 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.125 H 34.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5E48
RGB	rgb(187, 94, 72)
HSL	hsl(11, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(11, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.7%, 61.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.74, 35.54, 29.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.74, 46.34, 39.93°)
OKLab	oklab(58.87% 0.1031 0.0708)
OKLCH	oklch(58.87% 0.125 34.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.6680, 19.0410, 8.4532)
Luminance	0.1904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5E48 #48A5BB

analogous

#BB486B #BB5E48 #BB9748

triadic

#BB5E48 #48BB5E #5E48BB

tetradic

#BB5E48 #6BBB48 #48A5BB #9748BB

square

#BB5E48 #6BBB48 #48A5BB #9748BB

split-complementary

#BB5E48 #48BB97 #486BBB

monochromatic

#643125 #904736 #BB5E48 #CC8575 #DCADA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#BB5E48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.81

#BB5E48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5E48

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5E48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5E48	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)

#766C46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8046

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC4D59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5e48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 94, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.125 34.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58d7b',
    500: '#bb5e48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5e48;
$custom-light: #d58d7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5e48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.478,
    "s": 45.817,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58874,
    "c": 0.12512,
    "h": 34.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5E48

secondary

#96BFC9

accent

#BCD552

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0EE

border

#D4CBC9

text

#150C09

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5E48

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

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