#BB4950#BB4950

#BB4950 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.147 H 19.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB4950
RGB	rgb(187, 73, 80)
HSL	hsl(356, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(356, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61%, 57.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.86, 46.51, 20.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.86, 50.65, 23.32°)
OKLab	oklab(55.99% 0.1387 0.0493)
OKLCH	oklch(55.99% 0.147 19.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.3262, 15.9122, 9.3782)
Luminance	0.1591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB4950 #49BBB4

analogous

#BB4989 #BB4950 #BB7B49

triadic

#BB4950 #50BB49 #4950BB

tetradic

#BB4950 #89BB49 #49BBB4 #7B49BB

square

#BB4950 #89BB49 #49BBB4 #7B49BB

split-complementary

#BB4950 #49BB7B #4989BB

monochromatic

#642529 #91363C #BB4950 #CC767B #DCA2A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.02

#BB4950 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.18

#BB4950 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB4950

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB4950	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB4950	1.00	5.02	4.18	5.02
#FFFFFF	5.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#656050

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82784D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC344C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb4950;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 73, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.147 19.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58181',
    500: '#bb4950',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb4950;
$custom-light: #d58181;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb4950",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.316,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55985,
    "c": 0.14725,
    "h": 19.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB4950

secondary

#97C9C6

accent

#D5CD53

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFEE

border

#D4CAC9

text

#150B0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB4950

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

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