#BB4850#BB4850

#BB4850 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.148 H 19.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB4850
RGB	rgb(187, 72, 80)
HSL	hsl(356, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(356, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.5%, 57.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.69, 46.97, 19.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.69, 50.98, 22.88°)
OKLab	oklab(55.86% 0.1402 0.0488)
OKLCH	oklch(55.86% 0.148 19.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.2610, 15.7818, 9.3565)
Luminance	0.1578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB4850 #48BBB3

analogous

#BB4889 #BB4850 #BB7948

triadic

#BB4850 #50BB48 #4850BB

tetradic

#BB4850 #89BB48 #48BBB3 #7948BB

square

#BB4850 #89BB48 #48BBB3 #7948BB

split-complementary

#BB4850 #48BB79 #4889BB

monochromatic

#642529 #90363C #BB4850 #CC757B #DCA1A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.05

#BB4850 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.16

#BB4850 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB4850

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB4850	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB4850	1.00	5.05	4.16	5.05
#FFFFFF	5.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#646050

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81784D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC334C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb4850;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 72, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.148 19.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58081',
    500: '#bb4850',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb4850;
$custom-light: #d58081;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb4850",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.826,
    "s": 45.817,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55856,
    "c": 0.14843,
    "h": 19.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB4850

secondary

#96C9C5

accent

#D5CC52

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFEE

border

#D4CAC9

text

#150B0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB4850

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

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