#BB5147#BB5147

#BB5147 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.139 H 27.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5147
RGB	rgb(187, 81, 71)
HSL	hsl(5, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(5, 62%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.7%, 62%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.14, 42.05, 27.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.14, 50.02, 32.77°)
OKLab	oklab(56.9% 0.1232 0.0647)
OKLCH	oklch(56.9% 0.139 27.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.5755, 16.9077, 7.9294)
Luminance	0.1691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5147 #47B1BB

analogous

#BB4777 #BB5147 #BB8B47

triadic

#BB5147 #47BB51 #5147BB

tetradic

#BB5147 #77BB47 #47B1BB #8B47BB

square

#BB5147 #77BB47 #47B1BB #8B47BB

split-complementary

#BB5147 #47BB8B #4777BB

monochromatic

#632A25 #903D35 #BB5147 #CC7B74 #DCA6A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#BB5147 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#BB5147 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB5147

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5147	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB5147	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)

#6C6446

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867B45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC3D4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5147;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 81, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.139 27.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5857a',
    500: '#bb5147',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5147;
$custom-light: #d5857a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5147",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.172,
    "s": 46.032,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56901,
    "c": 0.13919,
    "h": 27.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5147

secondary

#95C4C9

accent

#CAD652

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFED

border

#D4CAC8

text

#150B09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5147

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

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