#BB5979#BB5979

#BB5979 is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.130 H 1.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5979
RGB	rgb(187, 89, 121)
HSL	hsl(340, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(340, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.4%, 35.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.80, 42.86, 0.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.80, 42.87, 1.16°)
OKLab	oklab(59.27% 0.1303 0.0028)
OKLCH	oklch(59.27% 0.13 1.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.5185, 19.0927, 20.3215)
Luminance	0.1909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5979 #59BB9B

analogous

#BB59AA #BB5979 #BB6A59

triadic

#BB5979 #79BB59 #5979BB

tetradic

#BB5979 #AABB59 #59BB9B #6A59BB

square

#BB5979 #AABB59 #59BB9B #6A59BB

split-complementary

#BB5979 #59BB6A #59AABB

monochromatic

#6D2D42 #983E5C #BB5979 #CD849C #DFB0BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#BB5979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.82

#BB5979 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5979

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5979	1.00	4.36	4.82	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#696D7A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#828077

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C95165

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 89, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.130 1.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38b9f',
    500: '#bb5979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5979;
$custom-light: #d38b9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 340.408,
    "s": 41.88,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59267,
    "c": 0.13037,
    "h": 1.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5979

secondary

#A3CDBF

accent

#D2A956

background

#FDF8F9

surface

#FAF0F2

border

#D3CBCC

text

#140C0E

muted

#837D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5979

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

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