#BB515C#BB515C

#BB515C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.137 H 16.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB515C
RGB	rgb(187, 81, 92)
HSL	hsl(354, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(354, 57%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.7%, 50.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.54, 43.73, 15.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.54, 46.26, 19.04°)
OKLab	oklab(57.33% 0.1316 0.0381)
OKLCH	oklch(57.33% 0.137 16.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.3697, 17.2253, 12.1120)
Luminance	0.1722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB515C #51BBB0

analogous

#BB5191 #BB515C #BB7B51

triadic

#BB515C #5CBB51 #515CBB

tetradic

#BB515C #91BB51 #51BBB0 #7B51BB

square

#BB515C #91BB51 #51BBB0 #7B51BB

split-complementary

#BB515C #51BB7B #5191BB

monochromatic

#692930 #953A44 #BB515C #CC7D85 #DDA9AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#BB515C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#BB515C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB515C

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB515C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB515C	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)

#69665C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847B5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB4155

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb515c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 81, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.137 16.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4868a',
    500: '#bb515c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb515c;
$custom-light: #d4868a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb515c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.774,
    "s": 43.802,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57332,
    "c": 0.137,
    "h": 16.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB515C

secondary

#9DCBC6

accent

#D4C654

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0F0

border

#D4CBCB

text

#150B0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB515C

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

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