#BB596D#BB596D

#BB596D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.127 H 9.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB596D
RGB	rgb(187, 89, 109)
HSL	hsl(348, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(348, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.4%, 41.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.47, 41.47, 7.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.47, 42.16, 10.36°)
OKLab	oklab(58.92% 0.1259 0.0199)
OKLCH	oklch(58.92% 0.127 9)
XYZ	xyz(26.8278, 18.8164, 16.6841)
Luminance	0.1881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB596D #59BBA7

analogous

#BB599E #BB596D #BB7659

triadic

#BB596D #6DBB59 #596DBB

tetradic

#BB596D #9EBB59 #59BBA7 #7659BB

square

#BB596D #9EBB59 #59BBA7 #7659BB

split-complementary

#BB596D #59BB76 #599EBB

monochromatic

#6D2D3A #983E51 #BB596D #CD8493 #DFB0B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#BB596D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.76

#BB596D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB596D

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB596D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB596D	1.00	4.41	4.76	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6C6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857F6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA4E60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb596d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 89, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.127 9.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38b96',
    500: '#bb596d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb596d;
$custom-light: #d38b96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb596d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.755,
    "s": 41.88,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58917,
    "c": 0.12744,
    "h": 9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB596D

secondary

#A3CDC4

accent

#D2B856

background

#FDF8F9

surface

#FAF0F2

border

#D3CBCC

text

#150C0D

muted

#837D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB596D

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

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