#BB5554#BB5554

#BB5554 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.132 H 22.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5554
RGB	rgb(187, 85, 84)
HSL	hsl(1, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(1, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.5%, 55.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.14, 41.06, 20.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.14, 45.98, 26.73°)
OKLab	oklab(57.73% 0.1222 0.051)
OKLCH	oklch(57.73% 0.132 22.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.3443, 17.7049, 10.4685)
Luminance	0.1770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5554 #54BABB

analogous

#BB5486 #BB5554 #BB8954

triadic

#BB5554 #54BB55 #5554BB

tetradic

#BB5554 #86BB54 #54BABB #8954BB

square

#BB5554 #86BB54 #54BABB #8954BB

split-complementary

#BB5554 #54BB89 #5486BB

monochromatic

#6A2B2A #963D3C #BB5554 #CC8180 #DEACAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.63

#BB5554 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.54

#BB5554 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB5554

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5554	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB5554	1.00	4.63	4.54	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6853

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877D52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC4556

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5554;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 85, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.132 22.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48884',
    500: '#bb5554',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5554;
$custom-light: #d48884;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5554",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.583,
    "s": 43.096,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57727,
    "c": 0.13244,
    "h": 22.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5554

secondary

#9FCBCC

accent

#D2D355

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150C0A

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5554

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

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