#BB4F57#BB4F57

#BB4F57 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.140 H 18.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB4F57
RGB	rgb(187, 79, 87)
HSL	hsl(356, 44%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(356, 58%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.8%, 53.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.07, 44.26, 17.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.07, 47.57, 21.53°)
OKLab	oklab(56.94% 0.1326 0.0436)
OKLCH	oklch(56.94% 0.14 18.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.0118, 16.8479, 10.9498)
Luminance	0.1684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB4F57 #4FBBB3

analogous

#BB4F8D #BB4F57 #BB7D4F

triadic

#BB4F57 #57BB4F #4F57BB

tetradic

#BB4F57 #8DBB4F #4FBBB3 #7D4FBB

square

#BB4F57 #8DBB4F #4FBBB3 #7D4FBB

split-complementary

#BB4F57 #4FBB7D #4F8DBB

monochromatic

#68282D #943940 #BB4F57 #CC7B81 #DDA7AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#BB4F57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#BB4F57 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB4F57

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB4F57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB4F57	1.00	4.81	4.37	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#686457

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837A55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC3E52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb4f57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 79, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.140 18.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48486',
    500: '#bb4f57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb4f57;
$custom-light: #d48486;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb4f57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.556,
    "s": 44.262,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5694,
    "c": 0.13961,
    "h": 18.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB4F57

secondary

#9BCAC7

accent

#D4CA54

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBEFEF

border

#D4CACA

text

#150B0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB4F57

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

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