#BB5859#BB5859

#BB5859 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.128 H 21.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5859
RGB	rgb(187, 88, 89)
HSL	hsl(359, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(359, 53%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.9%, 52.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.82, 39.98, 18.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.82, 44.11, 24.97°)
OKLab	oklab(58.28% 0.1195 0.0464)
OKLCH	oklch(58.28% 0.128 21.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.7884, 18.2684, 11.6173)
Luminance	0.1827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5859 #58BBBA

analogous

#BB588B #BB5859 #BB8958

triadic

#BB5859 #59BB58 #5859BB

tetradic

#BB5859 #8BBB58 #58BBBA #8958BB

square

#BB5859 #8BBB58 #58BBBA #8958BB

split-complementary

#BB5859 #58BB89 #588BBB

monochromatic

#6C2C2D #983E3F #BB5859 #CD8384 #DEAFAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.51

#BB5859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.65

#BB5859 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5859

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5859	1.00	4.51	4.65	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.51	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)

#6F6A58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877E57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB4959

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 88, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.128 21.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48a87',
    500: '#bb5859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5859;
$custom-light: #d48a87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.394,
    "s": 42.128,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58276,
    "c": 0.12822,
    "h": 21.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5859

secondary

#A2CDCC

accent

#D2D156

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150C0B

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5859

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

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