#BB5157#BB5157

#BB5157 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.137 H 19.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5157
RGB	rgb(187, 81, 87)
HSL	hsl(357, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(357, 57%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.7%, 53.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.44, 43.29, 17.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.44, 46.86, 22.53°)
OKLab	oklab(57.22% 0.1296 0.0448)
OKLCH	oklch(57.22% 0.137 19)
XYZ	xyz(25.1583, 17.1408, 10.9986)
Luminance	0.1714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5157 #51BBB5

analogous

#BB518C #BB5157 #BB8051

triadic

#BB5157 #57BB51 #5157BB

tetradic

#BB5157 #8CBB51 #51BBB5 #8051BB

square

#BB5157 #8CBB51 #51BBB5 #8051BB

split-complementary

#BB5157 #51BB80 #518CBB

monochromatic

#69292D #953A3F #BB5157 #CC7D81 #DDA9AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.74

#BB5157 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#BB5157 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB5157

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5157	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB5157	1.00	4.74	4.43	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6557

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847B55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC4054

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5157;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 81, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.137 19.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48686',
    500: '#bb5157',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5157;
$custom-light: #d48686;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5157",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.604,
    "s": 43.802,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57218,
    "c": 0.13711,
    "h": 19
  },
  "luminance": 0.17138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5157

secondary

#9DCBC8

accent

#D4CC54

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150B0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5157

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

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