#BB596F#BB596F

#BB596F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.128 H 7.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB596F
RGB	rgb(187, 89, 111)
HSL	hsl(347, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(347, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.4%, 40.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.52, 41.69, 6.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.52, 42.19, 8.81°)
OKLab	oklab(58.97% 0.1266 0.0171)
OKLCH	oklch(58.97% 0.128 7.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.9367, 18.8600, 17.2576)
Luminance	0.1886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB596F #59BBA5

analogous

#BB59A0 #BB596F #BB7459

triadic

#BB596F #6FBB59 #596FBB

tetradic

#BB596F #A0BB59 #59BBA5 #7459BB

square

#BB596F #A0BB59 #59BBA5 #7459BB

split-complementary

#BB596F #59BB74 #59A0BB

monochromatic

#6D2D3B #983E53 #BB596F #CD8495 #DFB0BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40

#BB596F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.77

#BB596F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB596F

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB596F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB596F	1.00	4.40	4.77	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.40	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)

#6B6C6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847F6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA4F61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb596f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 89, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.128 7.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38b98',
    500: '#bb596f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb596f;
$custom-light: #d38b98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb596f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.531,
    "s": 41.88,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58973,
    "c": 0.12779,
    "h": 7.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB596F

secondary

#A3CDC3

accent

#D2B656

background

#FDF8F9

surface

#FAF0F2

border

#D3CBCC

text

#150C0D

muted

#837D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB596F

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

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