#BB5059#BB5059

#BB5059 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.138 H 17.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5059
RGB	rgb(187, 80, 89)
HSL	hsl(355, 44%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(355, 57%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.2%, 52.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.29, 43.95, 16.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.29, 46.96, 20.65°)
OKLab	oklab(57.12% 0.1319 0.0415)
OKLCH	oklch(57.12% 0.138 17.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.1673, 17.0264, 11.4103)
Luminance	0.1702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5059 #50BBB2

analogous

#BB508F #BB5059 #BB7C50

triadic

#BB5059 #59BB50 #5059BB

tetradic

#BB5059 #8FBB50 #50BBB2 #7C50BB

square

#BB5059 #8FBB50 #50BBB2 #7C50BB

split-complementary

#BB5059 #50BB7C #508FBB

monochromatic

#68282E #943A41 #BB5059 #CC7C83 #DDA8AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.77

#BB5059 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.40

#BB5059 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB5059

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5059	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB5059	1.00	4.77	4.40	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#686559

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837B57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB3F54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5059;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 80, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.138 17.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48587',
    500: '#bb5059',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5059;
$custom-light: #d48587;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5059",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.953,
    "s": 44.033,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57123,
    "c": 0.13831,
    "h": 17.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5059

secondary

#9CCBC7

accent

#D4C954

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBEFEF

border

#D4CACA

text

#150B0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5059

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

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