#BB5052#BB5052

#BB5052 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.139 H 21.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5052
RGB	rgb(187, 80, 82)
HSL	hsl(359, 44%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(359, 57%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.2%, 56.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.15, 43.36, 20.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.15, 47.99, 25.38°)
OKLab	oklab(56.97% 0.1291 0.0507)
OKLCH	oklch(56.97% 0.139 21.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.8873, 16.9143, 9.9352)
Luminance	0.1691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5052 #50BBB9

analogous

#BB5087 #BB5052 #BB8450

triadic

#BB5052 #52BB50 #5052BB

tetradic

#BB5052 #87BB50 #50BBB9 #8450BB

square

#BB5052 #87BB50 #50BBB9 #8450BB

split-complementary

#BB5052 #50BB84 #5087BB

monochromatic

#68282A #943A3B #BB5052 #CC7C7E #DDA8A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#BB5052 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#BB5052 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB5052

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5052	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB5052	1.00	4.79	4.38	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6451

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847B50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC3E52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5052;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 80, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.139 21.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58582',
    500: '#bb5052',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5052;
$custom-light: #d58582;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5052",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.879,
    "s": 44.033,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56971,
    "c": 0.1387,
    "h": 21.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5052

secondary

#9CCBCA

accent

#D4D154

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFEE

border

#D4CAC9

text

#150B0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5052

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

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