#BB5559#BB5559

#BB5559 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.132 H 19.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5559
RGB	rgb(187, 85, 89)
HSL	hsl(358, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(358, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.5%, 52.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.24, 41.49, 17.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.24, 45.16, 23.26°)
OKLab	oklab(57.83% 0.1242 0.0446)
OKLCH	oklch(57.83% 0.132 19.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.5471, 17.7860, 11.5369)
Luminance	0.1778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5559 #55BBB7

analogous

#BB558C #BB5559 #BB8455

triadic

#BB5559 #59BB55 #5559BB

tetradic

#BB5559 #8CBB55 #55BBB7 #8455BB

square

#BB5559 #8CBB55 #55BBB7 #8455BB

split-complementary

#BB5559 #55BB84 #558CBB

monochromatic

#6B2B2D #973C40 #BB5559 #CC8184 #DEACAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.61

#BB5559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.56

#BB5559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB5559

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB5559	1.00	4.61	4.56	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6859

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867D57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB4557

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 85, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.132 19.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48887',
    500: '#bb5559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5559;
$custom-light: #d48887;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.647,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57834,
    "c": 0.13198,
    "h": 19.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5559

secondary

#A0CCCA

accent

#D3CE55

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150C0B

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5559

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

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