#BB5048#BB5048

#BB5048 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.140 H 26.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5048
RGB	rgb(187, 80, 72)
HSL	hsl(4, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(4, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.2%, 61.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.97, 42.61, 26.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.97, 50.06, 31.65°)
OKLab	oklab(56.78% 0.1251 0.063)
OKLCH	oklch(56.78% 0.14 26.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.5341, 16.7731, 8.0752)
Luminance	0.1677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5048 #48B3BB

analogous

#BB4879 #BB5048 #BB8948

triadic

#BB5048 #48BB50 #5048BB

tetradic

#BB5048 #79BB48 #48B3BB #8948BB

square

#BB5048 #79BB48 #48B3BB #8948BB

split-complementary

#BB5048 #48BB89 #4879BB

monochromatic

#642925 #903C36 #BB5048 #CC7B75 #DCA5A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#BB5048 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#BB5048 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB5048

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5048	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB5048	1.00	4.82	4.35	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6447

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867A45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC3C4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5048;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 80, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.140 26.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5857b',
    500: '#bb5048',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5048;
$custom-light: #d5857b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5048",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.174,
    "s": 45.817,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56778,
    "c": 0.14011,
    "h": 26.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5048

secondary

#96C5C9

accent

#CCD552

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFED

border

#D4CAC8

text

#150B09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5048

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

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