#BB4C59#BB4C59

#BB4C59 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.143 H 15.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB4C59
RGB	rgb(187, 76, 89)
HSL	hsl(353, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(353, 59%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.4%, 52.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.57, 45.85, 15.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.57, 48.42, 18.76°)
OKLab	oklab(56.58% 0.1379 0.0392)
OKLCH	oklch(56.58% 0.143 15.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.8831, 16.4580, 11.3156)
Luminance	0.1646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB4C59 #4CBBAE

analogous

#BB4C91 #BB4C59 #BB774C

triadic

#BB4C59 #59BB4C #4C59BB

tetradic

#BB4C59 #91BB4C #4CBBAE #774CBB

square

#BB4C59 #91BB4C #4CBBAE #774CBB

split-complementary

#BB4C59 #4CBB77 #4C91BB

monochromatic

#66272E #923842 #BB4C59 #CC7882 #DDA5AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#BB4C59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#BB4C59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB4C59

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB4C59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB4C59	1.00	4.89	4.29	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#656359

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827956

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB3B51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb4c59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 76, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.143 15.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48387',
    500: '#bb4c59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb4c59;
$custom-light: #d48387;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb4c59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.973,
    "s": 44.939,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56579,
    "c": 0.14338,
    "h": 15.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB4C59

secondary

#99CAC4

accent

#D5C553

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBEFEF

border

#D4CACA

text

#150B0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB4C59

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

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