#BB594B#BB594B

#BB594B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.130 H 29.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB594B
RGB	rgb(187, 89, 75)
HSL	hsl(8, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(8, 60%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.4%, 59.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.76, 38.34, 26.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.76, 46.77, 34.94°)
OKLab	oklab(58.15% 0.1123 0.0645)
OKLCH	oklch(58.15% 0.13 29.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.3380, 18.2205, 8.8378)
Luminance	0.1822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB594B #4BADBB

analogous

#BB4B75 #BB594B #BB914B

triadic

#BB594B #4BBB59 #594BBB

tetradic

#BB594B #75BB4B #4BADBB #914BBB

square

#BB594B #75BB4B #4BADBB #914BBB

split-complementary

#BB594B #4BBB91 #4B75BB

monochromatic

#652E26 #924237 #BB594B #CC8277 #DDABA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.52

#BB594B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.64

#BB594B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB594B

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB594B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB594B	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)

#716949

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7E49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC4856

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb594b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 89, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.130 29.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58a7d',
    500: '#bb594b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb594b;
$custom-light: #d58a7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb594b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.5,
    "s": 45.161,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58149,
    "c": 0.1295,
    "h": 29.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB594B

secondary

#98C3CA

accent

#C5D553

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0EE

border

#D4CBC9

text

#150C09

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB594B

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

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