#BB494D#BB494D

#BB494D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.147 H 21.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB494D
RGB	rgb(187, 73, 77)
HSL	hsl(358, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(358, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61%, 58.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.80, 46.28, 21.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.80, 51.15, 25.20°)
OKLab	oklab(55.92% 0.1375 0.0532)
OKLCH	oklch(55.92% 0.147 21.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.2178, 15.8688, 8.8074)
Luminance	0.1587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB494D #49BBB7

analogous

#BB4986 #BB494D #BB7E49

triadic

#BB494D #4DBB49 #494DBB

tetradic

#BB494D #86BB49 #49BBB7 #7E49BB

square

#BB494D #86BB49 #49BBB7 #7E49BB

split-complementary

#BB494D #49BB7E #4986BB

monochromatic

#642528 #913639 #BB494D #CC7679 #DCA2A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.03

#BB494D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#BB494D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB494D

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB494D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB494D	1.00	5.03	4.17	5.03
#FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#65604C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82784A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC344B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb494d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 73, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.147 21.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5817e',
    500: '#bb494d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb494d;
$custom-light: #d5817e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb494d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.895,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55924,
    "c": 0.14746,
    "h": 21.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB494D

secondary

#97C9C7

accent

#D5D153

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFEE

border

#D4CAC9

text

#150B0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB494D

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

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