#BB515E#BB515E

#BB515E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.137 H 15.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB515E
RGB	rgb(187, 81, 94)
HSL	hsl(353, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(353, 57%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.7%, 49.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.59, 43.91, 13.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.59, 46.08, 17.62°)
OKLab	oklab(57.38% 0.1324 0.0354)
OKLCH	oklch(57.38% 0.137 15)
XYZ	xyz(25.4582, 17.2608, 12.5785)
Luminance	0.1726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB515E #51BBAE

analogous

#BB5193 #BB515E #BB7951

triadic

#BB515E #5EBB51 #515EBB

tetradic

#BB515E #93BB51 #51BBAE #7951BB

square

#BB515E #93BB51 #51BBAE #7951BB

split-complementary

#BB515E #51BB79 #5193BB

monochromatic

#692931 #953A45 #BB515E #CC7D87 #DDA9AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#BB515E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#BB515E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB515E

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB515E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB515E	1.00	4.72	4.45	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#68665E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837C5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB4256

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb515e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 81, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.137 15.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4868b',
    500: '#bb515e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb515e;
$custom-light: #d4868b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb515e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.642,
    "s": 43.802,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5738,
    "c": 0.13705,
    "h": 15
  },
  "luminance": 0.17258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB515E

secondary

#9DCBC5

accent

#D4C454

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0F0

border

#D4CBCB

text

#150B0C

muted

#837C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB515E

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

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