#BB5A55#BB5A55

#BB5A55 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.126 H 24.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5A55
RGB	rgb(187, 90, 85)
HSL	hsl(3, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(3, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.9%, 54.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.14, 38.62, 21.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.14, 44.16, 29.01°)
OKLab	oklab(58.49% 0.1147 0.0528)
OKLCH	oklch(58.49% 0.126 24.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.7914, 18.5359, 10.8121)
Luminance	0.1853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5A55 #55B6BB

analogous

#BB5583 #BB5A55 #BB8D55

triadic

#BB5A55 #55BB5A #5A55BB

tetradic

#BB5A55 #83BB55 #55B6BB #8D55BB

square

#BB5A55 #83BB55 #55B6BB #8D55BB

split-complementary

#BB5A55 #55BB8D #5583BB

monochromatic

#6B2E2B #97413C #BB5A55 #CC8481 #DEAFAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#BB5A55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.71

#BB5A55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5A55

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5A55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5A55	1.00	4.46	4.71	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716B54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897F53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB4B59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5a55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 90, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.126 24.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48b85',
    500: '#bb5a55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5a55;
$custom-light: #d48b85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5a55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.941,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58493,
    "c": 0.1263,
    "h": 24.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5A55

secondary

#A0CACC

accent

#CCD355

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150C0B

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5A55

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

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