#BB5657#BB5657

#BB5657 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.131 H 21.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5657
RGB	rgb(187, 86, 87)
HSL	hsl(359, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(359, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54%, 53.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.39, 40.82, 19.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.39, 45.12, 25.23°)
OKLab	oklab(57.94% 0.1219 0.0478)
OKLCH	oklch(57.94% 0.131 21.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.5436, 17.9114, 11.1271)
Luminance	0.1791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5657 #56BBBA

analogous

#BB5689 #BB5657 #BB8756

triadic

#BB5657 #57BB56 #5657BB

tetradic

#BB5657 #89BB56 #56BBBA #8756BB

square

#BB5657 #89BB56 #56BBBA #8756BB

split-complementary

#BB5657 #56BB87 #5689BB

monochromatic

#6B2B2C #973D3E #BB5657 #CD8282 #DEADAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.58

#BB5657 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.58

#BB5657 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5657

4.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5657	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5657	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)

#6D6856

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877D55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB4657

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5657;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 86, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.131 21.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48986',
    500: '#bb5657',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5657;
$custom-light: #d48986;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5657",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.406,
    "s": 42.616,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57937,
    "c": 0.13089,
    "h": 21.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5657

secondary

#A1CCCC

accent

#D2D155

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150C0B

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5657

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

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