#BB5965#BB5965

#BB5965 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.127 H 14.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5965
RGB	rgb(187, 89, 101)
HSL	hsl(353, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(353, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.4%, 46%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.28, 40.62, 12.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.28, 42.38, 16.58°)
OKLab	oklab(58.71% 0.1227 0.031)
OKLCH	oklch(58.71% 0.127 14.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.4166, 18.6520, 14.5184)
Luminance	0.1865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5965 #59BBAF

analogous

#BB5996 #BB5965 #BB7E59

triadic

#BB5965 #65BB59 #5965BB

tetradic

#BB5965 #96BB59 #59BBAF #7E59BB

square

#BB5965 #96BB59 #59BBAF #7E59BB

split-complementary

#BB5965 #59BB7E #5996BB

monochromatic

#6D2D35 #983E49 #BB5965 #CD848D #DFB0B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#BB5965 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.73

#BB5965 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5965

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5965	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5965	1.00	4.44	4.73	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6B65

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867F63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA4C5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5965;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 89, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.127 14.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38b90',
    500: '#bb5965',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5965;
$custom-light: #d38b90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5965",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.653,
    "s": 41.88,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58707,
    "c": 0.1266,
    "h": 14.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5965

secondary

#A3CDC8

accent

#D2C356

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0F0

border

#D4CBCB

text

#150C0C

muted

#837D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5965

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

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