#BB494C#BB494C

#BB494C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.148 H 21.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB494C
RGB	rgb(187, 73, 76)
HSL	hsl(358, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(358, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61%, 59.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.78, 46.21, 22.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.78, 51.34, 25.82°)
OKLab	oklab(55.9% 0.1371 0.0544)
OKLCH	oklch(55.9% 0.148 21.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.1828, 15.8548, 8.6229)
Luminance	0.1585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB494C #49BBB8

analogous

#BB4985 #BB494C #BB7F49

triadic

#BB494C #4CBB49 #494CBB

tetradic

#BB494C #85BB49 #49BBB8 #7F49BB

square

#BB494C #85BB49 #49BBB8 #7F49BB

split-complementary

#BB494C #49BB7F #4985BB

monochromatic

#642527 #913638 #BB494C #CC7678 #DCA2A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.04

#BB494C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#BB494C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB494C

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB494C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB494C	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)

#65604B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827849

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC334B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb494c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 73, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.148 21.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5817e',
    500: '#bb494c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb494c;
$custom-light: #d5817e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb494c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.421,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55904,
    "c": 0.14754,
    "h": 21.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB494C

secondary

#97C9C8

accent

#D5D253

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFEE

border

#D4CAC9

text

#150B09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB494C

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

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