#BB556B#BB556B

#BB556B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.133 H 8.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB556B
RGB	rgb(187, 85, 107)
HSL	hsl(347, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(347, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.5%, 42.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.65, 43.25, 7.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.65, 43.92, 9.98°)
OKLab	oklab(58.28% 0.1313 0.02)
OKLCH	oklch(58.28% 0.133 8.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.3975, 18.1262, 16.0156)
Luminance	0.1812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB556B #55BBA5

analogous

#BB559E #BB556B #BB7255

triadic

#BB556B #6BBB55 #556BBB

tetradic

#BB556B #9EBB55 #55BBA5 #7255BB

square

#BB556B #9EBB55 #55BBA5 #7255BB

split-complementary

#BB556B #55BB72 #559EBB

monochromatic

#6B2B39 #973C50 #BB556B #CC8191 #DEACB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.54

#BB556B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.62

#BB556B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB556B

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB556B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB556B	1.00	4.54	4.62	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#696A6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837E69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA495D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb556b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 85, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.133 8.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38895',
    500: '#bb556b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb556b;
$custom-light: #d38895;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb556b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.059,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58281,
    "c": 0.13285,
    "h": 8.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB556B

secondary

#A0CCC2

accent

#D3B855

background

#FDF8F9

surface

#FBF0F1

border

#D4CBCB

text

#150C0D

muted

#837D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB556B

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

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