#BB5A51#BB5A51

#BB5A51 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.127 H 27.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5A51
RGB	rgb(187, 90, 81)
HSL	hsl(5, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(5, 57%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.9%, 56.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.07, 38.29, 23.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.07, 45.02, 31.73°)
OKLab	oklab(58.41% 0.1131 0.0578)
OKLCH	oklch(58.41% 0.127 27.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.6369, 18.4741, 9.9988)
Luminance	0.1847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5A51 #51B2BB

analogous

#BB517D #BB5A51 #BB8F51

triadic

#BB5A51 #51BB5A #5A51BB

tetradic

#BB5A51 #7DBB51 #51B2BB #8F51BB

square

#BB5A51 #7DBB51 #51B2BB #8F51BB

split-complementary

#BB5A51 #51BB8F #517DBB

monochromatic

#692E29 #95423A #BB5A51 #CC847D #DDADA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#BB5A51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.69

#BB5A51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5A51

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5A51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5A51	1.00	4.47	4.69	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.47	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)

#716A50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897F4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC4A58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5a51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 90, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.127 27.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48b82',
    500: '#bb5a51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5a51;
$custom-light: #d48b82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5a51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.094,
    "s": 43.802,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58413,
    "c": 0.12703,
    "h": 27.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5A51

secondary

#9DC7CB

accent

#C9D454

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0EE

border

#D4CBC9

text

#150C0A

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5A51

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

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