#BB516B#BB516B

#BB516B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.139 H 7.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB516B
RGB	rgb(187, 81, 107)
HSL	hsl(345, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(345, 57%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.7%, 42.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.90, 45.21, 6.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.90, 45.68, 8.24°)
OKLab	oklab(57.72% 0.1375 0.0173)
OKLCH	oklch(57.72% 0.139 7.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.0915, 17.5141, 15.9136)
Luminance	0.1751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB516B #51BBA1

analogous

#BB51A0 #BB516B #BB6C51

triadic

#BB516B #6BBB51 #516BBB

tetradic

#BB516B #A0BB51 #51BBA1 #6C51BB

square

#BB516B #A0BB51 #51BBA1 #6C51BB

split-complementary

#BB516B #51BB6C #51A0BB

monochromatic

#692939 #953A50 #BB516B #CC7D90 #DDA9B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.66

#BB516B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.50

#BB516B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB516B

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB516B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB516B	1.00	4.66	4.50	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#66676C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817C69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA455B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb516b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 81, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.139 7.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38695',
    500: '#bb516b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb516b;
$custom-light: #d38695;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb516b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.283,
    "s": 43.802,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57719,
    "c": 0.13855,
    "h": 7.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB516B

secondary

#9DCBC0

accent

#D4B454

background

#FDF8F9

surface

#FBF0F1

border

#D4CBCB

text

#150B0D

muted

#837C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB516B

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

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