#BB535B#BB535B

#BB535B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.134 H 17.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB535B
RGB	rgb(187, 83, 91)
HSL	hsl(355, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(355, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.6%, 51.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.90, 42.66, 16.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.90, 45.62, 20.77°)
OKLab	oklab(57.59% 0.1281 0.0407)
OKLCH	oklch(57.59% 0.134 17.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.4770, 17.5096, 11.9335)
Luminance	0.1751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB535B #53BBB3

analogous

#BB538F #BB535B #BB7F53

triadic

#BB535B #5BBB53 #535BBB

tetradic

#BB535B #8FBB53 #53BBB3 #7F53BB

square

#BB535B #8FBB53 #53BBB3 #7F53BB

split-complementary

#BB535B #53BB7F #538FBB

monochromatic

#6A2A2F #963B42 #BB535B #CC7F85 #DEABAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.67

#BB535B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.50

#BB535B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB535B

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB535B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB535B	1.00	4.67	4.50	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A675B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857C59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB4456

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb535b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 83, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.134 17.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48789',
    500: '#bb535b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb535b;
$custom-light: #d48789;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb535b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.385,
    "s": 43.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57591,
    "c": 0.13443,
    "h": 17.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB535B

secondary

#9ECBC8

accent

#D3C955

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0F0

border

#D4CBCB

text

#150B0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB535B

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

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