#BB5049#BB5049

#BB5049 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.140 H 26.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5049
RGB	rgb(187, 80, 73)
HSL	hsl(4, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(4, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.2%, 61%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.99, 42.68, 25.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.99, 49.82, 31.05°)
OKLab	oklab(56.8% 0.1255 0.0618)
OKLCH	oklch(56.8% 0.14 26.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.5670, 16.7862, 8.2484)
Luminance	0.1678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5049 #49B4BB

analogous

#BB497B #BB5049 #BB8949

triadic

#BB5049 #49BB50 #5049BB

tetradic

#BB5049 #7BBB49 #49B4BB #8949BB

square

#BB5049 #7BBB49 #49B4BB #8949BB

split-complementary

#BB5049 #49BB89 #497BBB

monochromatic

#642925 #913C36 #BB5049 #CC7B76 #DCA6A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#BB5049 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#BB5049 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB5049

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5049	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB5049	1.00	4.82	4.36	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6448

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857A46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC3C4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5049;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 80, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.140 26.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5857c',
    500: '#bb5049',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5049;
$custom-light: #d5857c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5049",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.684,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56796,
    "c": 0.13993,
    "h": 26.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5049

secondary

#97C6C9

accent

#CDD553

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFEE

border

#D4CAC9

text

#150B09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5049

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

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