#BB5155#BB5155

#BB5155 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.137 H 20.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5155
RGB	rgb(187, 81, 85)
HSL	hsl(358, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(358, 57%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.7%, 54.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.40, 43.12, 19.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.40, 47.16, 23.89°)
OKLab	oklab(57.17% 0.1288 0.0474)
OKLCH	oklch(57.17% 0.137 20.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.0777, 17.1085, 10.5742)
Luminance	0.1711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5155 #51BBB7

analogous

#BB518A #BB5155 #BB8251

triadic

#BB5155 #55BB51 #5155BB

tetradic

#BB5155 #8ABB51 #51BBB7 #8251BB

square

#BB5155 #8ABB51 #51BBB7 #8251BB

split-complementary

#BB5155 #51BB82 #518ABB

monochromatic

#69292B #953A3E #BB5155 #CC7D80 #DDA9AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#BB5155 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#BB5155 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB5155

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5155	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB5155	1.00	4.75	4.42	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6554

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857B53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC4053

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5155;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 81, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.137 20.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48584',
    500: '#bb5155',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5155;
$custom-light: #d48584;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5155",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.736,
    "s": 43.802,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57174,
    "c": 0.13723,
    "h": 20.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5155

secondary

#9DCBC9

accent

#D4CF54

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150B0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5155

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →