#BB5757#BB5757

#BB5757 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.130 H 21.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5757
RGB	rgb(187, 87, 87)
HSL	hsl(0, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(0, 53%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.5%, 53.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.58, 40.31, 19.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.58, 44.78, 25.81°)
OKLab	oklab(58.08% 0.1203 0.0484)
OKLCH	oklch(58.08% 0.13 21.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.6240, 18.0722, 11.1539)
Luminance	0.1807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5757 #57BBBB

analogous

#BB5789 #BB5757 #BB8957

triadic

#BB5757 #57BB57 #5757BB

tetradic

#BB5757 #89BB57 #57BBBB #8957BB

square

#BB5757 #89BB57 #57BBBB #8957BB

split-complementary

#BB5757 #57BB89 #5789BB

monochromatic

#6C2C2C #973D3D #BB5757 #CD8383 #DEAEAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.55

#BB5757 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.61

#BB5757 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5757

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5757	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5757	1.00	4.55	4.61	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6956

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877E55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB4758

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5757;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 87, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.130 21.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48986',
    500: '#bb5757',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5757;
$custom-light: #d48986;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5757",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 42.373,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58084,
    "c": 0.12966,
    "h": 21.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5757

secondary

#A2CCCC

accent

#D2D256

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150C0B

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5757

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

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