#BB5565#BB5565

#BB5565 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.132 H 12.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5565
RGB	rgb(187, 85, 101)
HSL	hsl(351, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(351, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.5%, 46%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.50, 42.63, 11.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.50, 44.03, 14.48°)
OKLab	oklab(58.12% 0.129 0.0284)
OKLCH	oklch(58.12% 0.132 12.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.0928, 18.0042, 14.4104)
Luminance	0.1800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5565 #55BBAB

analogous

#BB5598 #BB5565 #BB7855

triadic

#BB5565 #65BB55 #5565BB

tetradic

#BB5565 #98BB55 #55BBAB #7855BB

square

#BB5565 #98BB55 #55BBAB #7855BB

split-complementary

#BB5565 #55BB78 #5598BB

monochromatic

#6B2B35 #973C4A #BB5565 #CC818D #DEACB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.57

#BB5565 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.60

#BB5565 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5565

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5565	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5565	1.00	4.57	4.60	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6965

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847D63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA485B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5565;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 85, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.132 12.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38890',
    500: '#bb5565',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5565;
$custom-light: #d38890;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5565",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.588,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58121,
    "c": 0.13209,
    "h": 12.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5565

secondary

#A0CCC5

accent

#D3BF55

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0F0

border

#D4CBCB

text

#150C0C

muted

#837D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5565

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

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