#BB5552#BB5552

#BB5552 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.133 H 23.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5552
RGB	rgb(187, 85, 82)
HSL	hsl(2, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(2, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.5%, 56.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.10, 40.90, 21.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.10, 46.36, 28.08°)
OKLab	oklab(57.69% 0.1214 0.0536)
OKLCH	oklch(57.69% 0.133 23.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.2671, 17.6740, 10.0618)
Luminance	0.1767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5552 #52B8BB

analogous

#BB5284 #BB5552 #BB8952

triadic

#BB5552 #52BB55 #5552BB

tetradic

#BB5552 #84BB52 #52B8BB #8952BB

square

#BB5552 #84BB52 #52B8BB #8952BB

split-complementary

#BB5552 #52BB89 #5284BB

monochromatic

#692B29 #953D3B #BB5552 #CC807E #DEABAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.63

#BB5552 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.53

#BB5552 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB5552

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5552	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB5552	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)

#6D6751

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877D50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC4455

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5552;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 85, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.133 23.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48882',
    500: '#bb5552',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5552;
$custom-light: #d48882;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5552",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.714,
    "s": 43.568,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57686,
    "c": 0.1327,
    "h": 23.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5552

secondary

#9ECACB

accent

#D0D354

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0EE

border

#D4CBC9

text

#150C0A

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5552

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

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