#BB4D55#BB4D55

#BB4D55 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.142 H 18.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB4D55
RGB	rgb(187, 77, 85)
HSL	hsl(356, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(356, 59%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.8%, 54.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.66, 45.04, 18.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.66, 48.55, 21.91°)
OKLab	oklab(56.62% 0.1348 0.045)
OKLCH	oklch(56.62% 0.142 18.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.7891, 16.5315, 10.4781)
Luminance	0.1653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB4D55 #4DBBB3

analogous

#BB4D8C #BB4D55 #BB7C4D

triadic

#BB4D55 #55BB4D #4D55BB

tetradic

#BB4D55 #8CBB4D #4DBBB3 #7C4DBB

square

#BB4D55 #8CBB4D #4DBBB3 #7C4DBB

split-complementary

#BB4D55 #4DBB7C #4D8CBB

monochromatic

#66272C #93383F #BB4D55 #CC797F #DDA6AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#BB4D55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#BB4D55 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB4D55

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB4D55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB4D55	1.00	4.88	4.31	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#676355

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837A52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC3B51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb4d55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 77, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.142 18.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58384',
    500: '#bb4d55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb4d55;
$custom-light: #d58384;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb4d55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.636,
    "s": 44.715,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56623,
    "c": 0.14216,
    "h": 18.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB4D55

secondary

#9ACAC7

accent

#D4CB53

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBEFEF

border

#D4CACA

text

#150B0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB4D55

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

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