#BB5561#BB5561

#BB5561 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.132 H 14.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5561
RGB	rgb(187, 85, 97)
HSL	hsl(353, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(353, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.5%, 48.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.41, 42.23, 13.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.41, 44.27, 17.46°)
OKLab	oklab(58.02% 0.1274 0.0339)
OKLCH	oklch(58.02% 0.132 14.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.9015, 17.9278, 13.4033)
Luminance	0.1792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5561 #55BBAF

analogous

#BB5594 #BB5561 #BB7C55

triadic

#BB5561 #61BB55 #5561BB

tetradic

#BB5561 #94BB55 #55BBAF #7C55BB

square

#BB5561 #94BB55 #55BBAF #7C55BB

split-complementary

#BB5561 #55BB7C #5594BB

monochromatic

#6B2B32 #973C47 #BB5561 #CC818A #DEACB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.58

#BB5561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.59

#BB5561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5561

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5561	1.00	4.58	4.59	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6961

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857D5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB475A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 85, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.132 14.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4888d',
    500: '#bb5561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5561;
$custom-light: #d4888d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.941,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58021,
    "c": 0.13185,
    "h": 14.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5561

secondary

#A0CCC7

accent

#D3C455

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0F0

border

#D4CBCB

text

#150C0C

muted

#837D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5561

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

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