#BB4B59#BB4B59

#BB4B59 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.145 H 15.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB4B59
RGB	rgb(187, 75, 89)
HSL	hsl(353, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(353, 60%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.9%, 52.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.39, 46.32, 15.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.39, 48.79, 18.31°)
OKLab	oklab(56.45% 0.1394 0.0386)
OKLCH	oklch(56.45% 0.145 15.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.8148, 16.3213, 11.2928)
Luminance	0.1632 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB4B59 #4BBBAD

analogous

#BB4B91 #BB4B59 #BB754B

triadic

#BB4B59 #59BB4B #4B59BB

tetradic

#BB4B59 #91BB4B #4BBBAD #754BBB

square

#BB4B59 #91BB4B #4BBBAD #754BBB

split-complementary

#BB4B59 #4BBB75 #4B91BB

monochromatic

#65262E #923742 #BB4B59 #CC7782 #DDA4AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.93

#BB4B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.26

#BB4B59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB4B59

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB4B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB4B59	1.00	4.93	4.26	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#656259

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817956

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC3951

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb4b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 75, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.145 15.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58287',
    500: '#bb4b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb4b59;
$custom-light: #d58287;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb4b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.5,
    "s": 45.161,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56447,
    "c": 0.14464,
    "h": 15.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB4B59

secondary

#98CAC3

accent

#D5C553

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBEFEF

border

#D4CACA

text

#150B0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB4B59

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

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