#BB5257#BB5257

#BB5257 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.136 H 19.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5257
RGB	rgb(187, 82, 87)
HSL	hsl(357, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(357, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.1%, 53.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.62, 42.80, 18.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.62, 46.51, 23.04°)
OKLab	oklab(57.36% 0.1281 0.0454)
OKLCH	oklch(57.36% 0.136 19.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.2331, 17.2905, 11.0236)
Luminance	0.1729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5257 #52BBB6

analogous

#BB528B #BB5257 #BB8252

triadic

#BB5257 #57BB52 #5257BB

tetradic

#BB5257 #8BBB52 #52BBB6 #8252BB

square

#BB5257 #8BBB52 #52BBB6 #8252BB

split-complementary

#BB5257 #52BB82 #528BBB

monochromatic

#69292C #953B3F #BB5257 #CC7E82 #DEAAAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#BB5257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#BB5257 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB5257

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB5257	1.00	4.71	4.46	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6657

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857C55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB4154

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 82, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.136 19.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48686',
    500: '#bb5257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5257;
$custom-light: #d48686;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.143,
    "s": 43.568,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57359,
    "c": 0.13586,
    "h": 19.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5257

secondary

#9ECBC9

accent

#D3CD54

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150B0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5257

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

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