#BB5551#BB5551

#BB5551 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.133 H 24.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5551
RGB	rgb(187, 85, 81)
HSL	hsl(2, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(2, 57%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.5%, 56.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.08, 40.82, 22.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.08, 46.55, 28.74°)
OKLab	oklab(57.67% 0.121 0.0548)
OKLCH	oklch(57.67% 0.133 24.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.2293, 17.6589, 9.8629)
Luminance	0.1766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5551 #51B7BB

analogous

#BB5182 #BB5551 #BB8A51

triadic

#BB5551 #51BB55 #5551BB

tetradic

#BB5551 #82BB51 #51B7BB #8A51BB

square

#BB5551 #82BB51 #51B7BB #8A51BB

split-complementary

#BB5551 #51BB8A #5182BB

monochromatic

#692B29 #953E3A #BB5551 #CC807D #DDABA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.63

#BB5551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.53

#BB5551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB5551

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB5551	1.00	4.63	4.53	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6750

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877D4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC4455

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 85, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.133 24.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48882',
    500: '#bb5551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5551;
$custom-light: #d48882;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.264,
    "s": 43.802,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57666,
    "c": 0.13285,
    "h": 24.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5551

secondary

#9DC9CB

accent

#CFD454

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0EE

border

#D4CBC9

text

#150C0A

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5551

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

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