#BB494A#BB494A

#BB494A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.148 H 22.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB494A
RGB	rgb(187, 73, 74)
HSL	hsl(359, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(359, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61%, 60.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.75, 46.07, 23.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.75, 51.72, 27.04°)
OKLab	oklab(55.86% 0.1363 0.0569)
OKLCH	oklch(55.86% 0.148 22.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.1143, 15.8274, 8.2624)
Luminance	0.1582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB494A #49BBBA

analogous

#BB4983 #BB494A #BB8149

triadic

#BB494A #4ABB49 #494ABB

tetradic

#BB494A #83BB49 #49BBBA #8149BB

square

#BB494A #83BB49 #49BBBA #8149BB

split-complementary

#BB494A #49BB81 #4983BB

monochromatic

#642526 #913637 #BB494A #CC7676 #DCA2A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.04

#BB494A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.16

#BB494A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB494A

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB494A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB494A	1.00	5.04	4.16	5.04
#FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#666049

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827847

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC334A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb494a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 73, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.148 22.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5817c',
    500: '#bb494a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb494a;
$custom-light: #d5817c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb494a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.474,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55865,
    "c": 0.14774,
    "h": 22.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB494A

secondary

#97C9C9

accent

#D5D453

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFEE

border

#D4CAC9

text

#150B09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB494A

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

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