#BB5959#BB5959

#BB5959 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.127 H 21.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5959
RGB	rgb(187, 89, 89)
HSL	hsl(0, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(0, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.4%, 52.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.02, 39.48, 18.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.02, 43.76, 25.57°)
OKLab	oklab(58.43% 0.1179 0.0471)
OKLCH	oklch(58.43% 0.127 21.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.8710, 18.4337, 11.6449)
Luminance	0.1843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5959 #59BBBB

analogous

#BB598A #BB5959 #BB8A59

triadic

#BB5959 #59BB59 #5959BB

tetradic

#BB5959 #8ABB59 #59BBBB #8A59BB

square

#BB5959 #8ABB59 #59BBBB #8A59BB

split-complementary

#BB5959 #59BB8A #598ABB

monochromatic

#6D2D2D #983E3E #BB5959 #CD8484 #DFB0B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.48

#BB5959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.69

#BB5959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5959

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5959	1.00	4.48	4.69	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6A58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887F57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB4A5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 89, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.127 21.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48a87',
    500: '#bb5959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5959;
$custom-light: #d48a87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 41.88,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58426,
    "c": 0.12697,
    "h": 21.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5959

secondary

#A3CDCD

accent

#D2D256

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150C0B

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5959

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

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