#BB5753#BB5753

#BB5753 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.130 H 24.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5753
RGB	rgb(187, 87, 83)
HSL	hsl(2, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(2, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.5%, 55.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.51, 39.98, 21.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.51, 45.52, 28.56°)
OKLab	oklab(58% 0.1187 0.0535)
OKLCH	oklch(58% 0.13 24.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.4651, 18.0087, 10.3169)
Luminance	0.1801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5753 #53B7BB

analogous

#BB5383 #BB5753 #BB8B53

triadic

#BB5753 #53BB57 #5753BB

tetradic

#BB5753 #83BB53 #53B7BB #8B53BB

square

#BB5753 #83BB53 #53B7BB #8B53BB

split-complementary

#BB5753 #53BB8B #5383BB

monochromatic

#6A2C2A #963F3B #BB5753 #CC827F #DEADAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.56

#BB5753 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.60

#BB5753 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5753

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5753	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5753	1.00	4.56	4.60	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.56	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)

#6F6952

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887E51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC4757

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5753;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 87, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.130 24.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48983',
    500: '#bb5753',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5753;
$custom-light: #d48983;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5753",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.308,
    "s": 43.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58001,
    "c": 0.13018,
    "h": 24.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5753

secondary

#9ECACB

accent

#CED355

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150C0A

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5753

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

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