#BB5953#BB5953

#BB5953 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.128 H 25.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5953
RGB	rgb(187, 89, 83)
HSL	hsl(3, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(3, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.4%, 55.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.90, 38.96, 22.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.90, 44.89, 29.77°)
OKLab	oklab(58.3% 0.1155 0.0547)
OKLCH	oklch(58.3% 0.128 25.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.6293, 18.3370, 10.3717)
Luminance	0.1833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5953 #53B5BB

analogous

#BB5381 #BB5953 #BB8D53

triadic

#BB5953 #53BB59 #5953BB

tetradic

#BB5953 #81BB53 #53B5BB #8D53BB

square

#BB5953 #81BB53 #53B5BB #8D53BB

split-complementary

#BB5953 #53BB8D #5381BB

monochromatic

#6A2E2A #96403B #BB5953 #CC837F #DEAEAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.50

#BB5953 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.67

#BB5953 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5953

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5953	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5953	1.00	4.50	4.67	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706A52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897F51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC4958

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5953;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 89, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.128 25.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48a83',
    500: '#bb5953',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5953;
$custom-light: #d48a83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5953",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.462,
    "s": 43.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58301,
    "c": 0.12781,
    "h": 25.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5953

secondary

#9EC9CB

accent

#CCD355

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150C0A

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5953

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

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