#BB596E#BB596E

#BB596E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.128 H 8.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB596E
RGB	rgb(187, 89, 110)
HSL	hsl(347, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(347, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.4%, 41.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.50, 41.58, 7.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.50, 42.17, 9.58°)
OKLab	oklab(58.95% 0.1263 0.0185)
OKLCH	oklch(58.95% 0.128 8.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.8820, 18.8381, 16.9692)
Luminance	0.1883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB596E #59BBA6

analogous

#BB599F #BB596E #BB7559

triadic

#BB596E #6EBB59 #596EBB

tetradic

#BB596E #9FBB59 #59BBA6 #7559BB

square

#BB596E #9FBB59 #59BBA6 #7559BB

split-complementary

#BB596E #59BB75 #599FBB

monochromatic

#6D2D3A #983E52 #BB596E #CD8494 #DFB0BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#BB596E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.77

#BB596E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB596E

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB596E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB596E	1.00	4.41	4.77	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6C6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857F6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA4E61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb596e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 89, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.128 8.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38b97',
    500: '#bb596e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb596e;
$custom-light: #d38b97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb596e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.143,
    "s": 41.88,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58945,
    "c": 0.1276,
    "h": 8.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB596E

secondary

#A3CDC4

accent

#D2B756

background

#FDF8F9

surface

#FAF0F2

border

#D3CBCC

text

#150C0D

muted

#837D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB596E

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

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