#BB595E#BB595E

#BB595E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.127 H 18.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB595E
RGB	rgb(187, 89, 94)
HSL	hsl(357, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(357, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.4%, 49.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.12, 39.93, 16.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.12, 43.04, 21.90°)
OKLab	oklab(58.54% 0.12 0.0405)
OKLCH	oklch(58.54% 0.127 18.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.0881, 18.5206, 12.7885)
Luminance	0.1852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB595E #59BBB6

analogous

#BB598F #BB595E #BB8559

triadic

#BB595E #5EBB59 #595EBB

tetradic

#BB595E #8FBB59 #59BBB6 #8559BB

square

#BB595E #8FBB59 #59BBB6 #8559BB

split-complementary

#BB595E #59BB85 #598FBB

monochromatic

#6D2D30 #983E43 #BB595E #CD8488 #DFB0B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#BB595E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#BB595E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB595E

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB595E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB595E	1.00	4.46	4.70	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.46	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)

#6F6B5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877F5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB4B5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb595e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 89, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.127 18.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48b8b',
    500: '#bb595e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb595e;
$custom-light: #d48b8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb595e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.939,
    "s": 41.88,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58538,
    "c": 0.1266,
    "h": 18.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB595E

secondary

#A3CDCB

accent

#D2CB56

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0F0

border

#D4CBCB

text

#150C0C

muted

#837D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB595E

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

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