#BB5850#BB5850

#BB5850 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.130 H 26.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5850
RGB	rgb(187, 88, 80)
HSL	hsl(4, 44%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(4, 57%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.9%, 57.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.65, 39.23, 23.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.65, 45.84, 31.16°)
OKLab	oklab(58.09% 0.1159 0.0578)
OKLCH	oklch(58.09% 0.13 26.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.4333, 18.1264, 9.7473)
Luminance	0.1812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5850 #50B3BB

analogous

#BB507E #BB5850 #BB8E50

triadic

#BB5850 #50BB58 #5850BB

tetradic

#BB5850 #7EBB50 #50B3BB #8E50BB

square

#BB5850 #7EBB50 #50B3BB #8E50BB

split-complementary

#BB5850 #50BB8E #507EBB

monochromatic

#682D28 #94403A #BB5850 #CC827C #DDACA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.54

#BB5850 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.62

#BB5850 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5850

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5850	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5850	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)

#70694F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897E4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC4757

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5850;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 88, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.130 26.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48a81',
    500: '#bb5850',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5850;
$custom-light: #d48a81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5850",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.486,
    "s": 44.033,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58091,
    "c": 0.12952,
    "h": 26.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5850

secondary

#9CC7CB

accent

#CAD454

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0EE

border

#D4CBC9

text

#150C0A

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5850

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

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