#BB5A50#BB5A50

#BB5A50 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.127 H 27.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5A50
RGB	rgb(187, 90, 80)
HSL	hsl(6, 44%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(6, 57%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.9%, 57.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.05, 38.21, 24.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.05, 45.25, 32.39°)
OKLab	oklab(58.39% 0.1127 0.059)
OKLCH	oklch(58.39% 0.127 27.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.5997, 18.4592, 9.8027)
Luminance	0.1846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5A50 #50B1BB

analogous

#BB507C #BB5A50 #BB8F50

triadic

#BB5A50 #50BB5A #5A50BB

tetradic

#BB5A50 #7CBB50 #50B1BB #8F50BB

square

#BB5A50 #7CBB50 #50B1BB #8F50BB

split-complementary

#BB5A50 #50BB8F #507CBB

monochromatic

#682E28 #94423A #BB5A50 #CC847C #DDADA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.48

#BB5A50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.69

#BB5A50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5A50

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5A50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5A50	1.00	4.48	4.69	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726A4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7F4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC4A58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5a50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 90, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.127 27.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48b81',
    500: '#bb5a50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5a50;
$custom-light: #d48b81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5a50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.607,
    "s": 44.033,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58394,
    "c": 0.12724,
    "h": 27.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5A50

secondary

#9CC6CB

accent

#C8D454

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0EE

border

#D4CBC9

text

#150C0A

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5A50

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

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