#BB5955#BB5955

#BB5955 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.127 H 24.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5955
RGB	rgb(187, 89, 85)
HSL	hsl(2, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(2, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.4%, 54.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.94, 39.13, 21.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.94, 44.48, 28.40°)
OKLab	oklab(58.34% 0.1163 0.0522)
OKLCH	oklch(58.34% 0.127 24.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.7076, 18.3683, 10.7842)
Luminance	0.1837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5955 #55B7BB

analogous

#BB5584 #BB5955 #BB8C55

triadic

#BB5955 #55BB59 #5955BB

tetradic

#BB5955 #84BB55 #55B7BB #8C55BB

square

#BB5955 #84BB55 #55B7BB #8C55BB

split-complementary

#BB5955 #55BB8C #5584BB

monochromatic

#6B2D2B #97403C #BB5955 #CC8481 #DEAEAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.49

#BB5955 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.67

#BB5955 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5955

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5955	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5955	1.00	4.49	4.67	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.49	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)

#706A54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887F53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB4959

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5955;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 89, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.127 24.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48a85',
    500: '#bb5955',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5955;
$custom-light: #d48a85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5955",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.353,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58341,
    "c": 0.12749,
    "h": 24.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5955

secondary

#A0CACC

accent

#CED355

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150C0B

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5955

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

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