#BB5856#BB5856

#BB5856 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.129 H 23.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5856
RGB	rgb(187, 88, 86)
HSL	hsl(1, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(1, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.9%, 54%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.76, 39.72, 20.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.76, 44.62, 27.10°)
OKLab	oklab(58.21% 0.1183 0.0503)
OKLCH	oklch(58.21% 0.129 23)
XYZ	xyz(25.6649, 18.2191, 10.9674)
Luminance	0.1822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5856 #56B9BB

analogous

#BB5686 #BB5856 #BB8A56

triadic

#BB5856 #56BB58 #5856BB

tetradic

#BB5856 #86BB56 #56B9BB #8A56BB

square

#BB5856 #86BB56 #56B9BB #8A56BB

split-complementary

#BB5856 #56BB8A #5686BB

monochromatic

#6B2C2B #973F3D #BB5856 #CD8382 #DEAEAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.52

#BB5856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.64

#BB5856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5856

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5856	1.00	4.52	4.64	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6A55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887E54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB4858

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 88, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.129 23.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48a85',
    500: '#bb5856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5856;
$custom-light: #d48a85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.188,
    "s": 42.616,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58212,
    "c": 0.12855,
    "h": 23
  },
  "luminance": 0.18216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5856

secondary

#A1CBCC

accent

#D0D255

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150C0B

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5856

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

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