#BB535C#BB535C

#BB535C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.134 H 17.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB535C
RGB	rgb(187, 83, 92)
HSL	hsl(355, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(355, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.6%, 50.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.92, 42.75, 15.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.92, 45.51, 20.06°)
OKLab	oklab(57.61% 0.1285 0.0393)
OKLCH	oklch(57.61% 0.134 17)
XYZ	xyz(25.5205, 17.5270, 12.1622)
Luminance	0.1752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB535C #53BBB2

analogous

#BB5390 #BB535C #BB7E53

triadic

#BB535C #5CBB53 #535CBB

tetradic

#BB535C #90BB53 #53BBB2 #7E53BB

square

#BB535C #90BB53 #53BBB2 #7E53BB

split-complementary

#BB535C #53BB7E #5390BB

monochromatic

#6A2A2F #963B43 #BB535C #CC7F86 #DEABAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.66

#BB535C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.50

#BB535C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB535C

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB535C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB535C	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)

#6A675C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847C5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB4457

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb535c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 83, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.134 17.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4878a',
    500: '#bb535c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb535c;
$custom-light: #d4878a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb535c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.808,
    "s": 43.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57614,
    "c": 0.13442,
    "h": 17
  },
  "luminance": 0.17524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB535C

secondary

#9ECBC7

accent

#D3C855

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0F0

border

#D4CBCB

text

#150B0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB535C

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

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