#BB5E49#BB5E49

#BB5E49 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.125 H 33.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5E49
RGB	rgb(187, 94, 73)
HSL	hsl(11, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(11, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.7%, 61%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.75, 35.61, 29.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.75, 46.04, 39.34°)
OKLab	oklab(58.89% 0.1035 0.0697)
OKLCH	oklch(58.89% 0.125 33.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.7009, 19.0542, 8.6264)
Luminance	0.1905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5E49 #49A6BB

analogous

#BB496D #BB5E49 #BB9749

triadic

#BB5E49 #49BB5E #5E49BB

tetradic

#BB5E49 #6DBB49 #49A6BB #9749BB

square

#BB5E49 #6DBB49 #49A6BB #9749BB

split-complementary

#BB5E49 #49BB97 #496DBB

monochromatic

#643125 #914736 #BB5E49 #CC8576 #DCADA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#BB5E49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.81

#BB5E49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5E49

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5E49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5E49	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)

#766D47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8047

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC4D59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5e49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 94, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.125 33.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58d7c',
    500: '#bb5e49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5e49;
$custom-light: #d58d7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5e49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.053,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5889,
    "c": 0.1248,
    "h": 33.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5E49

secondary

#97C0C9

accent

#BDD553

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0EE

border

#D4CBC9

text

#150C09

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5E49

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

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