#BB595B#BB595B

#BB595B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.127 H 20.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB595B
RGB	rgb(187, 89, 91)
HSL	hsl(359, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(359, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.4%, 51.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.06, 39.66, 17.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.06, 43.45, 24.12°)
OKLab	oklab(58.47% 0.1187 0.0444)
OKLCH	oklch(58.47% 0.127 20.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.9561, 18.4678, 12.0932)
Luminance	0.1847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB595B #59BBB9

analogous

#BB598C #BB595B #BB8859

triadic

#BB595B #5BBB59 #595BBB

tetradic

#BB595B #8CBB59 #59BBB9 #8859BB

square

#BB595B #8CBB59 #59BBB9 #8859BB

split-complementary

#BB595B #59BB88 #598CBB

monochromatic

#6D2D2E #983E40 #BB595B #CD8486 #DFB0B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#BB595B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.69

#BB595B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB595B

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB595B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB595B	1.00	4.47	4.69	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.47	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)

#6F6B5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887F59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB4B5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb595b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 89, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.127 20.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48b89',
    500: '#bb595b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb595b;
$custom-light: #d48b89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb595b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.776,
    "s": 41.88,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5847,
    "c": 0.12678,
    "h": 20.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB595B

secondary

#A3CDCC

accent

#D2CF56

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0F0

border

#D4CBCB

text

#150C0B

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB595B

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

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