#BB5056#BB5056

#BB5056 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.138 H 19.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5056
RGB	rgb(187, 80, 86)
HSL	hsl(357, 44%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(357, 57%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.2%, 54%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.23, 43.69, 18.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.23, 47.36, 22.70°)
OKLab	oklab(57.06% 0.1307 0.0455)
OKLCH	oklch(57.06% 0.138 19.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.0439, 16.9770, 10.7604)
Luminance	0.1697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5056 #50BBB5

analogous

#BB508B #BB5056 #BB8050

triadic

#BB5056 #56BB50 #5056BB

tetradic

#BB5056 #8BBB50 #50BBB5 #8050BB

square

#BB5056 #8BBB50 #50BBB5 #8050BB

split-complementary

#BB5056 #50BB80 #508BBB

monochromatic

#68282C #943A3F #BB5056 #CC7C81 #DDA8AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#BB5056 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#BB5056 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB5056

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5056	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB5056	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)

#696556

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847B54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC3F53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5056;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 80, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.138 19.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48585',
    500: '#bb5056',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5056;
$custom-light: #d48585;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5056",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.636,
    "s": 44.033,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57056,
    "c": 0.1384,
    "h": 19.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5056

secondary

#9CCBC8

accent

#D4CD54

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBEFEF

border

#D4CACA

text

#150B0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5056

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

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