#BB494B#BB494B

#BB494B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.148 H 22.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB494B
RGB	rgb(187, 73, 75)
HSL	hsl(359, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(359, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61%, 59.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.77, 46.14, 22.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.77, 51.53, 26.43°)
OKLab	oklab(55.88% 0.1367 0.0557)
OKLCH	oklch(55.88% 0.148 22.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.1483, 15.8410, 8.4412)
Luminance	0.1584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB494B #49BBB9

analogous

#BB4984 #BB494B #BB8049

triadic

#BB494B #4BBB49 #494BBB

tetradic

#BB494B #84BB49 #49BBB9 #8049BB

square

#BB494B #84BB49 #49BBB9 #8049BB

split-complementary

#BB494B #49BB80 #4984BB

monochromatic

#642527 #913638 #BB494B #CC7677 #DCA2A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.04

#BB494B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#BB494B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB494B

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB494B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB494B	1.00	5.04	4.17	5.04
#FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#65604A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827848

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC334B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb494b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 73, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.148 22.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5817d',
    500: '#bb494b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb494b;
$custom-light: #d5817d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb494b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.947,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55884,
    "c": 0.14764,
    "h": 22.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB494B

secondary

#97C9C8

accent

#D5D353

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFEE

border

#D4CAC9

text

#150B09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB494B

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

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