#BB535E#BB535E

#BB535E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.134 H 15.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB535E
RGB	rgb(187, 83, 94)
HSL	hsl(354, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(354, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.6%, 49.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.96, 42.94, 14.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.96, 45.31, 18.62°)
OKLab	oklab(57.66% 0.1293 0.0366)
OKLCH	oklch(57.66% 0.134 15.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.6090, 17.5624, 12.6288)
Luminance	0.1756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BB535E #53BBB0

analogous

#BB5392 #BB535E #BB7C53

triadic

#BB535E #5EBB53 #535EBB

tetradic

#BB535E #92BB53 #53BBB0 #7C53BB

square

#BB535E #92BB53 #53BBB0 #7C53BB

split-complementary

#BB535E #53BB7C #5392BB

monochromatic

#6A2A31 #963B45 #BB535E #CC7F87 #DEABB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.65

#BB535E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.51

#BB535E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB535E

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB535E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB535E	1.00	4.65	4.51	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A675E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847C5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB4457

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb535e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 83, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.134 15.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4878b',
    500: '#bb535e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb535e;
$custom-light: #d4878b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb535e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.654,
    "s": 43.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57662,
    "c": 0.13442,
    "h": 15.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB535E

secondary

#9ECBC7

accent

#D3C655

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0F0

border

#D4CBCB

text

#150B0C

muted

#837C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB535E

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

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