#BB495E#BB495E

#BB495E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.148 H 12.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB495E
RGB	rgb(187, 73, 94)
HSL	hsl(349, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(349, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61%, 49.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.16, 47.69, 11.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.16, 49.17, 14.09°)
OKLab	oklab(56.31% 0.1443 0.0306)
OKLCH	oklch(56.31% 0.148 12)
XYZ	xyz(24.8984, 16.1411, 12.3919)
Luminance	0.1614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB495E #49BBA6

analogous

#BB4997 #BB495E #BB6D49

triadic

#BB495E #5EBB49 #495EBB

tetradic

#BB495E #97BB49 #49BBA6 #6D49BB

square

#BB495E #97BB49 #49BBA6 #6D49BB

split-complementary

#BB495E #49BB6D #4997BB

monochromatic

#642531 #913647 #BB495E #CC7685 #DCA2AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.97

#BB495E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#BB495E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB495E

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB495E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB495E	1.00	4.97	4.23	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#62615E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80785B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB3851

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb495e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 73, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.148 12.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4818b',
    500: '#bb495e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb495e;
$custom-light: #d4818b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb495e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.947,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56308,
    "c": 0.14751,
    "h": 12
  },
  "luminance": 0.16138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB495E

secondary

#97C9C0

accent

#D5BD53

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBEFF0

border

#D4CACB

text

#150B0C

muted

#837C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB495E

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

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