#BB494E#BB494E

#BB494E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.147 H 20.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB494E
RGB	rgb(187, 73, 78)
HSL	hsl(357, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(357, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61%, 58.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.82, 46.36, 21.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.82, 50.98, 24.58°)
OKLab	oklab(55.94% 0.1379 0.0519)
OKLCH	oklch(55.94% 0.147 20.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.2534, 15.8831, 8.9948)
Luminance	0.1588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB494E #49BBB6

analogous

#BB4987 #BB494E #BB7D49

triadic

#BB494E #4EBB49 #494EBB

tetradic

#BB494E #87BB49 #49BBB6 #7D49BB

square

#BB494E #87BB49 #49BBB6 #7D49BB

split-complementary

#BB494E #49BB7D #4987BB

monochromatic

#642528 #91363A #BB494E #CC7679 #DCA2A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.03

#BB494E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.18

#BB494E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB494E

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB494E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB494E	1.00	5.03	4.18	5.03
#FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#65604D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82784B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC344C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb494e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 73, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.147 20.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5817f',
    500: '#bb494e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb494e;
$custom-light: #d5817f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb494e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.368,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55944,
    "c": 0.14738,
    "h": 20.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB494E

secondary

#97C9C7

accent

#D5D053

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFEE

border

#D4CAC9

text

#150B0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB494E

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

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