#BB495B#BB495B

#BB495B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.147 H 13.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB495B
RGB	rgb(187, 73, 91)
HSL	hsl(351, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(351, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61%, 51.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.09, 47.42, 13.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.09, 49.36, 16.12°)
OKLab	oklab(56.23% 0.1431 0.0347)
OKLCH	oklch(56.23% 0.147 13.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.7664, 16.0883, 11.6966)
Luminance	0.1608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB495B #49BBA9

analogous

#BB4994 #BB495B #BB7049

triadic

#BB495B #5BBB49 #495BBB

tetradic

#BB495B #94BB49 #49BBA9 #7049BB

square

#BB495B #94BB49 #49BBA9 #7049BB

split-complementary

#BB495B #49BB70 #4994BB

monochromatic

#64252F #913644 #BB495B #CC7683 #DCA2AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.98

#BB495B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#BB495B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB495B

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB495B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB495B	1.00	4.98	4.22	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#63615B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807858

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB3750

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb495b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 73, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.147 13.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58189',
    500: '#bb495b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb495b;
$custom-light: #d58189;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb495b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.526,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56234,
    "c": 0.14727,
    "h": 13.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB495B

secondary

#97C9C1

accent

#D5C153

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBEFF0

border

#D4CACB

text

#150B0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB495B

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

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