#BB495F#BB495F

#BB495F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.148 H 11.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB495F
RGB	rgb(187, 73, 95)
HSL	hsl(348, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(348, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61%, 49.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.18, 47.78, 11.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.18, 49.12, 13.42°)
OKLab	oklab(56.33% 0.1447 0.0292)
OKLCH	oklch(56.33% 0.148 11.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.9435, 16.1591, 12.6297)
Luminance	0.1616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB495F #49BBA5

analogous

#BB4998 #BB495F #BB6C49

triadic

#BB495F #5FBB49 #495FBB

tetradic

#BB495F #98BB49 #49BBA5 #6C49BB

square

#BB495F #98BB49 #49BBA5 #6C49BB

split-complementary

#BB495F #49BB6C #4998BB

monochromatic

#642532 #913648 #BB495F #CC7686 #DCA2AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.96

#BB495F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#BB495F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB495F

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB495F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB495F	1.00	4.96	4.23	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#62615F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F785C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB3851

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb495f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 73, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.148 11.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4818c',
    500: '#bb495f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb495f;
$custom-light: #d4818c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb495f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.421,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56333,
    "c": 0.14761,
    "h": 11.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB495F

secondary

#97C9BF

accent

#D5BC53

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBEFF0

border

#D4CACB

text

#150B0C

muted

#837C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB495F

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

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