#BB505B#BB505B

#BB505B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.138 H 16.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB505B
RGB	rgb(187, 80, 91)
HSL	hsl(354, 44%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(354, 57%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.2%, 51.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.34, 44.12, 15.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.34, 46.74, 19.25°)
OKLab	oklab(57.17% 0.1327 0.0388)
OKLCH	oklch(57.17% 0.138 16.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.2525, 17.0604, 11.8587)
Luminance	0.1706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB505B #50BBB0

analogous

#BB5090 #BB505B #BB7B50

triadic

#BB505B #5BBB50 #505BBB

tetradic

#BB505B #90BB50 #50BBB0 #7B50BB

square

#BB505B #90BB50 #50BBB0 #7B50BB

split-complementary

#BB505B #50BB7B #5090BB

monochromatic

#68282F #943A43 #BB505B #CC7C84 #DDA8AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.76

#BB505B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.41

#BB505B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB505B

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB505B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB505B	1.00	4.76	4.41	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#68655B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837B59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB4054

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb505b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 80, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.138 16.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48589',
    500: '#bb505b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb505b;
$custom-light: #d48589;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb505b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.832,
    "s": 44.033,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5717,
    "c": 0.1383,
    "h": 16.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB505B

secondary

#9CCBC6

accent

#D4C754

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBEFF0

border

#D4CACB

text

#150B0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB505B

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

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