#BB5852#BB5852

#BB5852 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.129 H 25.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5852
RGB	rgb(187, 88, 82)
HSL	hsl(3, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(3, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.9%, 56.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.69, 39.39, 22.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.69, 45.41, 29.83°)
OKLab	oklab(58.13% 0.1167 0.0554)
OKLCH	oklch(58.13% 0.129 25.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.5083, 18.1564, 10.1422)
Luminance	0.1815 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5852 #52B5BB

analogous

#BB5280 #BB5852 #BB8D52

triadic

#BB5852 #52BB58 #5852BB

tetradic

#BB5852 #80BB52 #52B5BB #8D52BB

square

#BB5852 #80BB52 #52B5BB #8D52BB

split-complementary

#BB5852 #52BB8D #5280BB

monochromatic

#692D29 #95403B #BB5852 #CC827E #DEADAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.54

#BB5852 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.63

#BB5852 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5852

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5852	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5852	1.00	4.54	4.63	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.54	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)

#706951

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887E50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC4857

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5852;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 88, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.129 25.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48a82',
    500: '#bb5852',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5852;
$custom-light: #d48a82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5852",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.429,
    "s": 43.568,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5813,
    "c": 0.12916,
    "h": 25.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5852

secondary

#9EC9CB

accent

#CCD354

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0EE

border

#D4CBC9

text

#150C0A

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5852

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

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