#BB5156#BB5156

#BB5156 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.137 H 19.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5156
RGB	rgb(187, 81, 86)
HSL	hsl(357, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(357, 57%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.7%, 54%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.42, 43.20, 18.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.42, 47.01, 23.21°)
OKLab	oklab(57.2% 0.1292 0.0461)
OKLCH	oklch(57.2% 0.137 19.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.1177, 17.1245, 10.7849)
Luminance	0.1712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5156 #51BBB6

analogous

#BB518B #BB5156 #BB8151

triadic

#BB5156 #56BB51 #5156BB

tetradic

#BB5156 #8BBB51 #51BBB6 #8151BB

square

#BB5156 #8BBB51 #51BBB6 #8151BB

split-complementary

#BB5156 #51BB81 #518BBB

monochromatic

#69292C #953A3E #BB5156 #CC7D81 #DDA9AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#BB5156 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#BB5156 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB5156

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5156	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB5156	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)

#6A6556

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847B54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC4053

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5156;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 81, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.137 19.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48585',
    500: '#bb5156',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5156;
$custom-light: #d48585;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5156",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.17,
    "s": 43.802,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57196,
    "c": 0.13716,
    "h": 19.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5156

secondary

#9DCBC9

accent

#D4CE54

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150B0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5156

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

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