#BB4D50#BB4D50

#BB4D50 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.142 H 21.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB4D50
RGB	rgb(187, 77, 80)
HSL	hsl(358, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(358, 59%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.8%, 57.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.57, 44.64, 20.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.57, 49.33, 25.18°)
OKLab	oklab(56.52% 0.1328 0.0515)
OKLCH	oklch(56.52% 0.142 21.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.5975, 16.4548, 9.4687)
Luminance	0.1645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB4D50 #4DBBB8

analogous

#BB4D87 #BB4D50 #BB814D

triadic

#BB4D50 #50BB4D #4D50BB

tetradic

#BB4D50 #87BB4D #4DBBB8 #814DBB

square

#BB4D50 #87BB4D #4DBBB8 #814DBB

split-complementary

#BB4D50 #4DBB81 #4D87BB

monochromatic

#662729 #93383B #BB4D50 #CC797C #DDA6A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#BB4D50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#BB4D50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB4D50

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB4D50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB4D50	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)

#68624F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83794D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC3A4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb4d50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 77, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.142 21.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58381',
    500: '#bb4d50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb4d50;
$custom-light: #d58381;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb4d50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.364,
    "s": 44.715,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56517,
    "c": 0.14248,
    "h": 21.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB4D50

secondary

#9ACAC9

accent

#D4D153

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFEE

border

#D4CAC9

text

#150B0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB4D50

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

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