#BB5E53#BB5E53

#BB5E53 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.122 H 28.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5E53
RGB	rgb(187, 94, 83)
HSL	hsl(6, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(6, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.7%, 55.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.92, 36.38, 23.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.92, 43.38, 32.99°)
OKLab	oklab(59.07% 0.1075 0.0578)
OKLCH	oklch(59.07% 0.122 28.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.0595, 19.1976, 10.5151)
Luminance	0.1920 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5E53 #53B0BB

analogous

#BB537C #BB5E53 #BB9253

triadic

#BB5E53 #53BB5E #5E53BB

tetradic

#BB5E53 #7CBB53 #53B0BB #9253BB

square

#BB5E53 #7CBB53 #53B0BB #9253BB

split-complementary

#BB5E53 #53BB92 #537CBB

monochromatic

#6A312A #96453B #BB5E53 #CC877F #DEB0AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.34

#BB5E53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.84

#BB5E53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5E53

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5E53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5E53	1.00	4.34	4.84	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746D52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8151

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB4F5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5e53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 94, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.122 28.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48e83',
    500: '#bb5e53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5e53;
$custom-light: #d48e83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5e53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.346,
    "s": 43.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59072,
    "c": 0.12205,
    "h": 28.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5E53

secondary

#9EC7CB

accent

#C6D355

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150C0A

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5E53

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

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