#BB5050#BB5050

#BB5050 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.139 H 22.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5050
RGB	rgb(187, 80, 80)
HSL	hsl(0, 44%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(0, 57%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.2%, 57.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.11, 43.20, 21.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.11, 48.35, 26.68°)
OKLab	oklab(56.93% 0.1283 0.0532)
OKLCH	oklch(56.93% 0.139 22.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.8123, 16.8843, 9.5402)
Luminance	0.1688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5050 #50BBBB

analogous

#BB5086 #BB5050 #BB8650

triadic

#BB5050 #50BB50 #5050BB

tetradic

#BB5050 #86BB50 #50BBBB #8650BB

square

#BB5050 #86BB50 #50BBBB #8650BB

split-complementary

#BB5050 #50BB86 #5086BB

monochromatic

#682828 #943A3A #BB5050 #CC7C7C #DDA8A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#BB5050 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#BB5050 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB5050

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5050	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB5050	1.00	4.80	4.38	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A644F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857B4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC3E51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5050;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 80, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.139 22.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58581',
    500: '#bb5050',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5050;
$custom-light: #d58581;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5050",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 44.033,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5693,
    "c": 0.13891,
    "h": 22.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5050

secondary

#9CCBCB

accent

#D4D454

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFEE

border

#D4CAC9

text

#150B0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5050

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

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