#BB5A57#BB5A57

#BB5A57 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.126 H 23.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5A57
RGB	rgb(187, 90, 87)
HSL	hsl(2, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(2, 53%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.9%, 53.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.18, 38.79, 20.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.18, 43.78, 27.61°)
OKLab	oklab(58.53% 0.1155 0.0503)
OKLCH	oklch(58.53% 0.126 23.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.8719, 18.5681, 11.2365)
Luminance	0.1857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5A57 #57B8BB

analogous

#BB5786 #BB5A57 #BB8C57

triadic

#BB5A57 #57BB5A #5A57BB

tetradic

#BB5A57 #86BB57 #57B8BB #8C57BB

square

#BB5A57 #86BB57 #57B8BB #8C57BB

split-complementary

#BB5A57 #57BB8C #5786BB

monochromatic

#6C2E2C #97403D #BB5A57 #CD8583 #DEB0AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#BB5A57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.71

#BB5A57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5A57

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5A57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5A57	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)

#716B56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897F55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB4B5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5a57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 90, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.126 23.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48b86',
    500: '#bb5a57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5a57;
$custom-light: #d48b86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5a57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.8,
    "s": 42.373,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58534,
    "c": 0.12599,
    "h": 23.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5A57

secondary

#A2CBCC

accent

#CED256

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150C0B

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5A57

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

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