#BB5952#BB5952

#BB5952 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.128 H 25.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5952
RGB	rgb(187, 89, 82)
HSL	hsl(4, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(4, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.4%, 56.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.88, 38.88, 22.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.88, 45.10, 30.44°)
OKLab	oklab(58.28% 0.1151 0.056)
OKLCH	oklch(58.28% 0.128 25.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.5909, 18.3217, 10.1698)
Luminance	0.1832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5952 #52B4BB

analogous

#BB527F #BB5952 #BB8D52

triadic

#BB5952 #52BB59 #5952BB

tetradic

#BB5952 #7FBB52 #52B4BB #8D52BB

square

#BB5952 #7FBB52 #52B4BB #8D52BB

split-complementary

#BB5952 #52BB8D #527FBB

monochromatic

#692E29 #95413B #BB5952 #CC837E #DEADAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.50

#BB5952 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.66

#BB5952 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5952

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5952	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5952	1.00	4.50	4.66	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.50	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)

#706A51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897E50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC4958

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5952;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 89, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.128 25.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48a82',
    500: '#bb5952',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5952;
$custom-light: #d48a82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5952",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4,
    "s": 43.568,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58281,
    "c": 0.12799,
    "h": 25.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5952

secondary

#9EC8CB

accent

#CBD354

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0EE

border

#D4CBC9

text

#150C0A

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5952

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

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