#BB6249#BB6249

#BB6249 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.121 H 36.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB6249
RGB	rgb(187, 98, 73)
HSL	hsl(13, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(13, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.6%, 61%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.59, 33.50, 30.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.59, 45.13, 42.07°)
OKLab	oklab(59.53% 0.097 0.072)
OKLCH	oklch(59.53% 0.121 36.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.0659, 19.7841, 8.7481)
Luminance	0.1978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB6249 #49A2BB

analogous

#BB4969 #BB6249 #BB9B49

triadic

#BB6249 #49BB62 #6249BB

tetradic

#BB6249 #69BB49 #49A2BB #9B49BB

square

#BB6249 #69BB49 #49A2BB #9B49BB

split-complementary

#BB6249 #49BB9B #4969BB

monochromatic

#643325 #914A36 #BB6249 #CC8876 #DCAFA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#BB6249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.96

#BB6249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB6249

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB6249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB6249	1.00	4.24	4.96	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#796F47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8248

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC525C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb6249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 98, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.121 36.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4907c',
    500: '#bb6249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb6249;
$custom-light: #d4907c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb6249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.158,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59532,
    "c": 0.12086,
    "h": 36.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB6249

secondary

#97BEC9

accent

#B9D553

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0EE

border

#D4CBC9

text

#150D09

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB6249

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

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