#BB5560#BB5560

#BB5560 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.132 H 15.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5560
RGB	rgb(187, 85, 96)
HSL	hsl(354, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(354, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.5%, 48.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.39, 42.14, 13.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.39, 44.35, 18.20°)
OKLab	oklab(58% 0.127 0.0352)
OKLCH	oklch(58% 0.132 15.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.8552, 17.9092, 13.1593)
Luminance	0.1791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5560 #55BBB0

analogous

#BB5593 #BB5560 #BB7D55

triadic

#BB5560 #60BB55 #5560BB

tetradic

#BB5560 #93BB55 #55BBB0 #7D55BB

square

#BB5560 #93BB55 #55BBB0 #7D55BB

split-complementary

#BB5560 #55BB7D #5593BB

monochromatic

#6B2B32 #973C46 #BB5560 #CC8189 #DEACB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.58

#BB5560 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.58

#BB5560 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5560

4.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5560	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5560	1.00	4.58	4.58	4.58
#FFFFFF	4.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6960

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857D5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB4759

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5560;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 85, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.132 15.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4888d',
    500: '#bb5560',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5560;
$custom-light: #d4888d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5560",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.529,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57997,
    "c": 0.13182,
    "h": 15.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5560

secondary

#A0CCC7

accent

#D3C555

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0F0

border

#D4CBCB

text

#150C0C

muted

#837D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5560

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

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