#BB5969#BB5969

#BB5969 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.127 H 11.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5969
RGB	rgb(187, 89, 105)
HSL	hsl(350, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(350, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.4%, 43.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.37, 41.04, 9.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.37, 42.20, 13.48°)
OKLab	oklab(58.81% 0.1243 0.0255)
OKLCH	oklch(58.81% 0.127 11.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.6174, 18.7323, 15.5758)
Luminance	0.1873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5969 #59BBAB

analogous

#BB599A #BB5969 #BB7A59

triadic

#BB5969 #69BB59 #5969BB

tetradic

#BB5969 #9ABB59 #59BBAB #7A59BB

square

#BB5969 #9ABB59 #59BBAB #7A59BB

split-complementary

#BB5969 #59BB7A #599ABB

monochromatic

#6D2D37 #983E4D #BB5969 #CD8490 #DFB0B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.42

#BB5969 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.75

#BB5969 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5969

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5969	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5969	1.00	4.42	4.75	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6C69

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857F67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA4D5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5969;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 89, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.127 11.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38b93',
    500: '#bb5969',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5969;
$custom-light: #d38b93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5969",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.204,
    "s": 41.88,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5881,
    "c": 0.12691,
    "h": 11.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5969

secondary

#A3CDC6

accent

#D2BE56

background

#FDF8F9

surface

#FAF0F1

border

#D3CBCB

text

#150C0D

muted

#837D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5969

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

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