#BB495C#BB495C

#BB495C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.147 H 13.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB495C
RGB	rgb(187, 73, 92)
HSL	hsl(350, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(350, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61%, 50.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.11, 47.51, 13.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.11, 49.29, 15.44°)
OKLab	oklab(56.26% 0.1435 0.0334)
OKLCH	oklch(56.26% 0.147 13.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.8098, 16.1056, 11.9253)
Luminance	0.1610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB495C #49BBA8

analogous

#BB4995 #BB495C #BB6F49

triadic

#BB495C #5CBB49 #495CBB

tetradic

#BB495C #95BB49 #49BBA8 #6F49BB

square

#BB495C #95BB49 #49BBA8 #6F49BB

split-complementary

#BB495C #49BB6F #4995BB

monochromatic

#642530 #913645 #BB495C #CC7684 #DCA2AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.98

#BB495C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#BB495C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB495C

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB495C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB495C	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)

#63615C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807859

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB3750

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb495c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 73, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.147 13.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4818a',
    500: '#bb495c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb495c;
$custom-light: #d4818a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb495c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56258,
    "c": 0.14733,
    "h": 13.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB495C

secondary

#97C9C1

accent

#D5BF53

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBEFF0

border

#D4CACB

text

#150B0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB495C

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

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