#BB4959#BB4959

#BB4959 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.147 H 14.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB4959
RGB	rgb(187, 73, 89)
HSL	hsl(352, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(352, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61%, 52.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.05, 47.24, 14.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.05, 49.52, 17.46°)
OKLab	oklab(56.19% 0.1423 0.0374)
OKLCH	oklch(56.19% 0.147 14.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.6813, 16.0542, 11.2483)
Luminance	0.1605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB4959 #49BBAB

analogous

#BB4992 #BB4959 #BB7249

triadic

#BB4959 #59BB49 #4959BB

tetradic

#BB4959 #92BB49 #49BBAB #7249BB

square

#BB4959 #92BB49 #49BBAB #7249BB

split-complementary

#BB4959 #49BB72 #4992BB

monochromatic

#64252E #913643 #BB4959 #CC7682 #DCA2AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.99

#BB4959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.21

#BB4959 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB4959

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB4959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB4959	1.00	4.99	4.21	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#636159

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807856

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC374F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb4959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 73, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.147 14.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58187',
    500: '#bb4959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb4959;
$custom-light: #d58187;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb4959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.579,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56186,
    "c": 0.14717,
    "h": 14.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB4959

secondary

#97C9C2

accent

#D5C353

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBEFEF

border

#D4CACA

text

#150B0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB4959

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

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