#BB556D#BB556D

#BB556D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.133 H 7.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB556D
RGB	rgb(187, 85, 109)
HSL	hsl(346, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(346, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.5%, 41.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.70, 43.47, 6.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.70, 43.95, 8.48°)
OKLab	oklab(58.34% 0.1321 0.0172)
OKLCH	oklch(58.34% 0.133 7.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.5040, 18.1687, 16.5762)
Luminance	0.1817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB556D #55BBA3

analogous

#BB55A0 #BB556D #BB7055

triadic

#BB556D #6DBB55 #556DBB

tetradic

#BB556D #A0BB55 #55BBA3 #7055BB

square

#BB556D #A0BB55 #55BBA3 #7055BB

split-complementary

#BB556D #55BB70 #55A0BB

monochromatic

#6B2B3A #973C51 #BB556D #CC8193 #DEACB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.53

#BB556D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.63

#BB556D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB556D

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB556D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB556D	1.00	4.53	4.63	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#696A6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837E6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA4A5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb556d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 85, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.133 7.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38896',
    500: '#bb556d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb556d;
$custom-light: #d38896;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb556d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.882,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58336,
    "c": 0.13321,
    "h": 7.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB556D

secondary

#A0CCC2

accent

#D3B555

background

#FDF8F9

surface

#FAF0F2

border

#D3CBCC

text

#150C0D

muted

#837D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB556D

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

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