#BB3556#BB3556

#BB3556 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.171 H 10.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB3556
RGB	rgb(187, 53, 86)
HSL	hsl(345, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(345, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.7%, 54%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.92, 55.29, 12.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.92, 56.67, 12.64°)
OKLab	oklab(53.84% 0.1676 0.0314)
OKLCH	oklch(53.84% 0.171 10.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.4485, 13.7861, 10.2285)
Luminance	0.1378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB3556 #35BB9A

analogous

#BB3599 #BB3556 #BB5735

triadic

#BB3556 #56BB35 #3556BB

tetradic

#BB3556 #99BB35 #35BB9A #5735BB

square

#BB3556 #99BB35 #35BB9A #5735BB

split-complementary

#BB3556 #35BB57 #3599BB

monochromatic

#5C1A2A #8B2740 #BB3556 #D15C79 #DE8CA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.59

#BB3556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.76

#BB3556 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB3556

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB3556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB3556	1.00	5.59	3.76	5.59
#FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#565657

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797253

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC1642

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb3556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 53, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.171 10.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67685',
    500: '#bb3556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb3556;
$custom-light: #d67685;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb3556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.224,
    "s": 55.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53836,
    "c": 0.1705,
    "h": 10.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB3556

secondary

#83C9B8

accent

#DFBA49

background

#FDF7F8

surface

#FBEEEF

border

#D4C9CA

text

#15090B

muted

#837B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB3556

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

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