#BB5958#BB5958

#BB5958 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.127 H 22.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5958
RGB	rgb(187, 89, 88)
HSL	hsl(1, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(1, 53%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.4%, 52.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.00, 39.39, 19.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.00, 43.93, 26.29°)
OKLab	oklab(58.4% 0.1175 0.0483)
OKLCH	oklch(58.4% 0.127 22.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.8293, 18.4170, 11.4252)
Luminance	0.1841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5958 #58BABB

analogous

#BB5889 #BB5958 #BB8B58

triadic

#BB5958 #58BB59 #5958BB

tetradic

#BB5958 #89BB58 #58BABB #8B58BB

square

#BB5958 #89BB58 #58BABB #8B58BB

split-complementary

#BB5958 #58BB8B #5889BB

monochromatic

#6C2D2C #983F3E #BB5958 #CD8483 #DEAFAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.48

#BB5958 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.68

#BB5958 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5958

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5958	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5958	1.00	4.48	4.68	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.48	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)

#706A57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887F56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB4A5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5958;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 89, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.127 22.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48a87',
    500: '#bb5958',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5958;
$custom-light: #d48a87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5958",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.606,
    "s": 42.128,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58404,
    "c": 0.12709,
    "h": 22.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5958

secondary

#A2CCCD

accent

#D1D256

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150C0B

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5958

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

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