#BB5970#BB5970

#BB5970 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.128 H 7.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5970
RGB	rgb(187, 89, 112)
HSL	hsl(346, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(346, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.4%, 40.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.55, 41.80, 5.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.55, 42.22, 8.03°)
OKLab	oklab(59% 0.127 0.0157)
OKLCH	oklch(59% 0.128 7)
XYZ	xyz(26.9921, 18.8821, 17.5492)
Luminance	0.1888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5970 #59BBA4

analogous

#BB59A1 #BB5970 #BB7359

triadic

#BB5970 #70BB59 #5970BB

tetradic

#BB5970 #A1BB59 #59BBA4 #7359BB

square

#BB5970 #A1BB59 #59BBA4 #7359BB

split-complementary

#BB5970 #59BB73 #59A1BB

monochromatic

#6D2D3C #983E54 #BB5970 #CD8495 #DFB0BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40

#BB5970 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.78

#BB5970 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5970

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5970	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5970	1.00	4.40	4.78	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6D71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84806E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C94F61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5970;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 89, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.128 7.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38b98',
    500: '#bb5970',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5970;
$custom-light: #d38b98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5970",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.918,
    "s": 41.88,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59001,
    "c": 0.12799,
    "h": 7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5970

secondary

#A3CDC3

accent

#D2B556

background

#FDF8F9

surface

#FAF0F2

border

#D3CBCC

text

#150C0D

muted

#837D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5970

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

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