#BB5055#BB5055

#BB5055 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.138 H 19.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5055
RGB	rgb(187, 80, 85)
HSL	hsl(357, 44%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(357, 57%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.2%, 54.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.21, 43.60, 18.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.21, 47.50, 23.38°)
OKLab	oklab(57.03% 0.1303 0.0468)
OKLCH	oklch(57.03% 0.138 19.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.0039, 16.9610, 10.5496)
Luminance	0.1696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5055 #50BBB6

analogous

#BB508B #BB5055 #BB8050

triadic

#BB5055 #55BB50 #5055BB

tetradic

#BB5055 #8BBB50 #50BBB6 #8050BB

square

#BB5055 #8BBB50 #50BBB6 #8050BB

split-complementary

#BB5055 #50BB80 #508BBB

monochromatic

#68282B #943A3E #BB5055 #CC7C80 #DDA8AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#BB5055 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#BB5055 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB5055

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5055	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB5055	1.00	4.78	4.39	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#696555

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847B53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC3F52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5055;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 80, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.138 19.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58584',
    500: '#bb5055',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5055;
$custom-light: #d58584;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5055",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.196,
    "s": 44.033,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57034,
    "c": 0.13846,
    "h": 19.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5055

secondary

#9CCBC9

accent

#D4CE54

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBEFEF

border

#D4CACA

text

#150B0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5055

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

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