#BB6550#BB6550

#BB6550 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.115 H 34.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB6550
RGB	rgb(187, 101, 80)
HSL	hsl(12, 44%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(12, 57%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46%, 57.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.35, 32.44, 27.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.35, 42.34, 39.98°)
OKLab	oklab(60.15% 0.0949 0.0658)
OKLCH	oklch(60.15% 0.115 34.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.5972, 20.4541, 10.1352)
Luminance	0.2045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB6550 #50A6BB

analogous

#BB5070 #BB6550 #BB9B50

triadic

#BB6550 #50BB65 #6550BB

tetradic

#BB6550 #70BB50 #50A6BB #9B50BB

square

#BB6550 #70BB50 #50A6BB #9B50BB

split-complementary

#BB6550 #50BB9B #5070BB

monochromatic

#683528 #944B3A #BB6550 #CC8C7C #DDB3A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#BB6550 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.09

#BB6550 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB6550

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB6550	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB6550	1.00	4.13	5.09	5.09
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A724E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F844F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB5660

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb6550;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 101, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.115 34.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d49281',
    500: '#bb6550',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb6550;
$custom-light: #d49281;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb6550",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.776,
    "s": 44.033,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60145,
    "c": 0.11546,
    "h": 34.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB6550

secondary

#9CC2CB

accent

#BBD454

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF1EE

border

#D4CBC9

text

#150D0A

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB6550

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

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