#BB5153#BB5153

#BB5153 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.137 H 21.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5153
RGB	rgb(187, 81, 83)
HSL	hsl(359, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(359, 57%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.7%, 55.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.36, 42.95, 20.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.36, 47.48, 25.23°)
OKLab	oklab(57.13% 0.128 0.0499)
OKLCH	oklch(57.13% 0.137 21.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.9993, 17.0772, 10.1617)
Luminance	0.1707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5153 #51BBB9

analogous

#BB5188 #BB5153 #BB8451

triadic

#BB5153 #53BB51 #5153BB

tetradic

#BB5153 #88BB51 #51BBB9 #8451BB

square

#BB5153 #88BB51 #51BBB9 #8451BB

split-complementary

#BB5153 #51BB84 #5188BB

monochromatic

#69292A #953A3C #BB5153 #CC7D7E #DDA9AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.76

#BB5153 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.41

#BB5153 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB5153

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5153	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB5153	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)

#6A6552

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857B51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC3F53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5153;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 81, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.137 21.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58583',
    500: '#bb5153',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5153;
$custom-light: #d58583;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5153",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.868,
    "s": 43.802,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57132,
    "c": 0.1374,
    "h": 21.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5153

secondary

#9DCBCA

accent

#D4D154

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150B0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5153

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

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