#BB5960#BB5960

#BB5960 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.127 H 17.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5960
RGB	rgb(187, 89, 96)
HSL	hsl(356, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(356, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.4%, 48.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.16, 40.13, 14.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.16, 42.81, 20.40°)
OKLab	oklab(58.59% 0.1208 0.0378)
OKLCH	oklch(58.59% 0.127 17.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.1790, 18.5569, 13.2672)
Luminance	0.1855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5960 #59BBB4

analogous

#BB5991 #BB5960 #BB8359

triadic

#BB5960 #60BB59 #5960BB

tetradic

#BB5960 #91BB59 #59BBB4 #8359BB

square

#BB5960 #91BB59 #59BBB4 #8359BB

split-complementary

#BB5960 #59BB83 #5991BB

monochromatic

#6D2D31 #983E45 #BB5960 #CD848A #DFB0B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#BB5960 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.71

#BB5960 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5960

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5960	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5960	1.00	4.46	4.71	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6B60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877F5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB4B5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5960;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 89, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.127 17.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48b8d',
    500: '#bb5960',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5960;
$custom-light: #d48b8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5960",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.714,
    "s": 41.88,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58585,
    "c": 0.12653,
    "h": 17.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5960

secondary

#A3CDCA

accent

#D2C956

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0F0

border

#D4CBCB

text

#150C0C

muted

#837D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5960

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

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