#BB6549#BB6549

#BB6549 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.118 H 38.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB6549
RGB	rgb(187, 101, 73)
HSL	hsl(15, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(15, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46%, 61%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.24, 31.91, 31.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.24, 44.51, 44.21°)
OKLab	oklab(60.03% 0.0921 0.0738)
OKLCH	oklch(60.03% 0.118 38.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.3519, 20.3560, 8.8434)
Luminance	0.2035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB6549 #499FBB

analogous

#BB4966 #BB6549 #BB9E49

triadic

#BB6549 #49BB65 #6549BB

tetradic

#BB6549 #66BB49 #499FBB #9E49BB

square

#BB6549 #66BB49 #499FBB #9E49BB

split-complementary

#BB6549 #49BB9E #4966BB

monochromatic

#643525 #914C36 #BB6549 #CC8B76 #DCB0A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#BB6549 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.07

#BB6549 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB6549

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB6549	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB6549	1.00	4.14	5.07	5.07
#FFFFFF	4.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B7146

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908448

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC565E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb6549;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 101, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.118 38.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4927c',
    500: '#bb6549',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb6549;
$custom-light: #d4927c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb6549",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.737,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60026,
    "c": 0.11807,
    "h": 38.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB6549

secondary

#97BDC9

accent

#B5D553

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF1EE

border

#D4CBC9

text

#150D09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB6549

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

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