#BB596B#BB596B

#BB596B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.127 H 10.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB596B
RGB	rgb(187, 89, 107)
HSL	hsl(349, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(349, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.4%, 42.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.42, 41.25, 8.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.42, 42.16, 11.92°)
OKLab	oklab(58.86% 0.1251 0.0227)
OKLCH	oklch(58.86% 0.127 10.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.7214, 18.7739, 16.1235)
Luminance	0.1877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB596B #59BBA9

analogous

#BB599C #BB596B #BB7859

triadic

#BB596B #6BBB59 #596BBB

tetradic

#BB596B #9CBB59 #59BBA9 #7859BB

square

#BB596B #9CBB59 #59BBA9 #7859BB

split-complementary

#BB596B #59BB78 #599CBB

monochromatic

#6D2D38 #983E4F #BB596B #CD8492 #DFB0B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.42

#BB596B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.75

#BB596B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB596B

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB596B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB596B	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)

#6C6C6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857F69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA4E60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb596b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 89, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.127 10.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38b95',
    500: '#bb596b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb596b;
$custom-light: #d38b95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb596b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.98,
    "s": 41.88,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58863,
    "c": 0.12715,
    "h": 10.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB596B

secondary

#A3CDC5

accent

#D2BB56

background

#FDF8F9

surface

#FAF0F1

border

#D3CBCB

text

#150C0D

muted

#837D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB596B

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

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