#BB5957#BB5957

#BB5957 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.127 H 23.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5957
RGB	rgb(187, 89, 87)
HSL	hsl(1, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(1, 53%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.4%, 53.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.98, 39.30, 20.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.98, 44.11, 27.00°)
OKLab	oklab(58.38% 0.1171 0.0496)
OKLCH	oklch(58.38% 0.127 23)
XYZ	xyz(25.7882, 18.4006, 11.2086)
Luminance	0.1840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5957 #57B9BB

analogous

#BB5787 #BB5957 #BB8B57

triadic

#BB5957 #57BB59 #5957BB

tetradic

#BB5957 #87BB57 #57B9BB #8B57BB

square

#BB5957 #87BB57 #57B9BB #8B57BB

split-complementary

#BB5957 #57BB8B #5787BB

monochromatic

#6C2D2C #973F3D #BB5957 #CD8483 #DEAFAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.49

#BB5957 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.68

#BB5957 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5957

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5957	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5957	1.00	4.49	4.68	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706A56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887F55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB4A59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5957;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 89, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.127 23.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48a86',
    500: '#bb5957',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5957;
$custom-light: #d48a86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5957",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.2,
    "s": 42.373,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58383,
    "c": 0.1272,
    "h": 23
  },
  "luminance": 0.18398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5957

secondary

#A2CBCC

accent

#D0D256

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150C0B

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5957

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

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