#BB4F55#BB4F55

#BB4F55 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.140 H 19.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB4F55
RGB	rgb(187, 79, 85)
HSL	hsl(357, 44%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(357, 58%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.8%, 54.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.03, 44.09, 18.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.03, 47.85, 22.88°)
OKLab	oklab(56.9% 0.1318 0.0462)
OKLCH	oklch(56.9% 0.14 19.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.9312, 16.8157, 10.5254)
Luminance	0.1681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB4F55 #4FBBB5

analogous

#BB4F8B #BB4F55 #BB7F4F

triadic

#BB4F55 #55BB4F #4F55BB

tetradic

#BB4F55 #8BBB4F #4FBBB5 #7F4FBB

square

#BB4F55 #8BBB4F #4FBBB5 #7F4FBB

split-complementary

#BB4F55 #4FBB7F #4F8BBB

monochromatic

#68282C #94393E #BB4F55 #CC7B80 #DDA7AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#BB4F55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#BB4F55 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB4F55

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB4F55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB4F55	1.00	4.81	4.36	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#686455

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847A53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC3D52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb4f55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 79, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.140 19.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58484',
    500: '#bb4f55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb4f55;
$custom-light: #d58484;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb4f55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.667,
    "s": 44.262,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56896,
    "c": 0.1397,
    "h": 19.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB4F55

secondary

#9BCAC8

accent

#D4CD54

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBEFEF

border

#D4CACA

text

#150B0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB4F55

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

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