#BB515B#BB515B

#BB515B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.137 H 16.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB515B
RGB	rgb(187, 81, 91)
HSL	hsl(354, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(354, 57%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.7%, 51.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.52, 43.64, 15.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.52, 46.37, 19.75°)
OKLab	oklab(57.31% 0.1312 0.0394)
OKLCH	oklch(57.31% 0.137 16.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.3262, 17.2080, 11.8833)
Luminance	0.1721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB515B #51BBB1

analogous

#BB5190 #BB515B #BB7C51

triadic

#BB515B #5BBB51 #515BBB

tetradic

#BB515B #90BB51 #51BBB1 #7C51BB

square

#BB515B #90BB51 #51BBB1 #7C51BB

split-complementary

#BB515B #51BB7C #5190BB

monochromatic

#69292F #953A43 #BB515B #CC7D84 #DDA9AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#BB515B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#BB515B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB515B

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB515B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB515B	1.00	4.73	4.44	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#69665B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847B59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB4155

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb515b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 81, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.137 16.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48689',
    500: '#bb515b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb515b;
$custom-light: #d48689;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb515b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.34,
    "s": 43.802,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57309,
    "c": 0.137,
    "h": 16.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB515B

secondary

#9DCBC7

accent

#D4C854

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0F0

border

#D4CBCB

text

#150B0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB515B

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

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