#BB5857#BB5857

#BB5857 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.128 H 22.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5857
RGB	rgb(187, 88, 87)
HSL	hsl(1, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(1, 53%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.9%, 53.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.78, 39.81, 19.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.78, 44.44, 26.40°)
OKLab	oklab(58.23% 0.1187 0.049)
OKLCH	oklch(58.23% 0.128 22.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.7055, 18.2353, 11.1810)
Luminance	0.1823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5857 #57BABB

analogous

#BB5788 #BB5857 #BB8A57

triadic

#BB5857 #57BB58 #5857BB

tetradic

#BB5857 #88BB57 #57BABB #8A57BB

square

#BB5857 #88BB57 #57BABB #8A57BB

split-complementary

#BB5857 #57BB8A #5788BB

monochromatic

#6C2C2C #973E3D #BB5857 #CD8383 #DEAFAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.52

#BB5857 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.65

#BB5857 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5857

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5857	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5857	1.00	4.52	4.65	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6A56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887E55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB4959

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5857;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 88, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.128 22.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48a86',
    500: '#bb5857',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5857;
$custom-light: #d48a86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5857",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.6,
    "s": 42.373,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58233,
    "c": 0.12843,
    "h": 22.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5857

secondary

#A2CCCC

accent

#D1D256

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150C0B

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5857

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

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