#BB5045#BB5045

#BB5045 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.141 H 28.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5045
RGB	rgb(187, 80, 69)
HSL	hsl(6, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(6, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.2%, 63.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.92, 42.41, 27.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.92, 50.80, 33.40°)
OKLab	oklab(56.73% 0.124 0.0665)
OKLCH	oklch(56.73% 0.141 28.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.4386, 16.7349, 7.5723)
Luminance	0.1673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5045 #45B0BB

analogous

#BB4575 #BB5045 #BB8B45

triadic

#BB5045 #45BB50 #5045BB

tetradic

#BB5045 #75BB45 #45B0BB #8B45BB

square

#BB5045 #75BB45 #45B0BB #8B45BB

split-complementary

#BB5045 #45BB8B #4575BB

monochromatic

#622A24 #8F3D34 #BB5045 #CB7A72 #DCA49F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.83

#BB5045 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#BB5045 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB5045

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5045	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB5045	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)

#6B6343

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867A42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC3C4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5045;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 80, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.141 28.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58579',
    500: '#bb5045',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5045;
$custom-light: #d58579;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5045",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.593,
    "s": 46.457,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56725,
    "c": 0.1407,
    "h": 28.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5045

secondary

#94C3C8

accent

#CAD652

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFED

border

#D4CAC8

text

#150B09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5045

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

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