#BB4E59#BB4E59

#BB4E59 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.141 H 16.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB4E59
RGB	rgb(187, 78, 89)
HSL	hsl(354, 44%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(354, 58%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.3%, 52.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.93, 44.91, 16.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.93, 47.69, 19.68°)
OKLab	oklab(56.85% 0.1349 0.0403)
OKLCH	oklch(56.85% 0.141 16.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.0231, 16.7379, 11.3623)
Luminance	0.1673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB4E59 #4EBBB0

analogous

#BB4E90 #BB4E59 #BB7A4E

triadic

#BB4E59 #59BB4E #4E59BB

tetradic

#BB4E59 #90BB4E #4EBBB0 #7A4EBB

square

#BB4E59 #90BB4E #4EBBB0 #7A4EBB

split-complementary

#BB4E59 #4EBB7A #4E90BB

monochromatic

#67282E #933942 #BB4E59 #CC7A82 #DDA6AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.83

#BB4E59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#BB4E59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB4E59

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB4E59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB4E59	1.00	4.83	4.35	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#676459

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837A57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB3D52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb4e59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 78, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.141 16.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48487',
    500: '#bb4e59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb4e59;
$custom-light: #d48487;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb4e59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.945,
    "s": 44.49,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56848,
    "c": 0.14084,
    "h": 16.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB4E59

secondary

#9BCAC5

accent

#D4C754

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBEFEF

border

#D4CACA

text

#150B0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB4E59

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

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