#BB595C#BB595C

#BB595C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.127 H 19.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB595C
RGB	rgb(187, 89, 92)
HSL	hsl(358, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(358, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.4%, 50.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.08, 39.75, 17.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.08, 43.31, 23.39°)
OKLab	oklab(58.49% 0.1191 0.0431)
OKLCH	oklch(58.49% 0.127 19.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.9996, 18.4851, 12.3219)
Luminance	0.1848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB595C #59BBB8

analogous

#BB598D #BB595C #BB8759

triadic

#BB595C #5CBB59 #595CBB

tetradic

#BB595C #8DBB59 #59BBB8 #8759BB

square

#BB595C #8DBB59 #59BBB8 #8759BB

split-complementary

#BB595C #59BB87 #598DBB

monochromatic

#6D2D2F #983E41 #BB595C #CD8487 #DFB0B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#BB595C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#BB595C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB595C

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB595C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB595C	1.00	4.47	4.70	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6B5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877F5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB4B5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb595c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 89, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.127 19.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48b8a',
    500: '#bb595c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb595c;
$custom-light: #d48b8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb595c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.163,
    "s": 41.88,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58492,
    "c": 0.12671,
    "h": 19.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB595C

secondary

#A3CDCB

accent

#D2CE56

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0F0

border

#D4CBCB

text

#150C0B

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB595C

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

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