#BB5950#BB5950

#BB5950 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.128 H 27.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5950
RGB	rgb(187, 89, 80)
HSL	hsl(5, 44%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(5, 57%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.4%, 57.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.85, 38.72, 23.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.85, 45.54, 31.77°)
OKLab	oklab(58.24% 0.1143 0.0584)
OKLCH	oklch(58.24% 0.128 27.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.5159, 18.2917, 9.7748)
Luminance	0.1829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5950 #50B2BB

analogous

#BB507C #BB5950 #BB8F50

triadic

#BB5950 #50BB59 #5950BB

tetradic

#BB5950 #7CBB50 #50B2BB #8F50BB

square

#BB5950 #7CBB50 #50B2BB #8F50BB

split-complementary

#BB5950 #50BB8F #507CBB

monochromatic

#682E28 #94413A #BB5950 #CC837C #DDADA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.51

#BB5950 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.66

#BB5950 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5950

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5950	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5950	1.00	4.51	4.66	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716A4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897E4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC4957

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5950;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 89, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.128 27.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48a81',
    500: '#bb5950',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5950;
$custom-light: #d48a81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5950",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.047,
    "s": 44.033,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58242,
    "c": 0.12838,
    "h": 27.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5950

secondary

#9CC7CB

accent

#C9D454

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0EE

border

#D4CBC9

text

#150C0A

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5950

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

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