#BB4960#BB4960

#BB4960 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.148 H 10.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB4960
RGB	rgb(187, 73, 96)
HSL	hsl(348, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(348, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61%, 48.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.21, 47.87, 10.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.21, 49.08, 12.74°)
OKLab	oklab(56.36% 0.1451 0.0278)
OKLCH	oklch(56.36% 0.148 10.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.9893, 16.1774, 12.8707)
Luminance	0.1617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB4960 #49BBA4

analogous

#BB4999 #BB4960 #BB6B49

triadic

#BB4960 #60BB49 #4960BB

tetradic

#BB4960 #99BB49 #49BBA4 #6B49BB

square

#BB4960 #99BB49 #49BBA4 #6B49BB

split-complementary

#BB4960 #49BB6B #4999BB

monochromatic

#642532 #913648 #BB4960 #CC7687 #DCA2AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.96

#BB4960 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#BB4960 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB4960

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB4960	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB4960	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)

#626260

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F795D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB3952

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb4960;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 73, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.148 10.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4818d',
    500: '#bb4960',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb4960;
$custom-light: #d4818d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb4960",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.895,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56359,
    "c": 0.14772,
    "h": 10.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB4960

secondary

#97C9BF

accent

#D5BB53

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBEFF0

border

#D4CACB

text

#150B0C

muted

#837C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB4960

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

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