#BB5B50#BB5B50

#BB5B50 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.126 H 28.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5B50
RGB	rgb(187, 91, 80)
HSL	hsl(6, 44%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(6, 57%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.3%, 57.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.25, 37.70, 24.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.25, 44.96, 33.02°)
OKLab	oklab(58.55% 0.1111 0.0596)
OKLCH	oklch(58.55% 0.126 28.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.6846, 18.6291, 9.8310)
Luminance	0.1863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5B50 #50B0BB

analogous

#BB507B #BB5B50 #BB9050

triadic

#BB5B50 #50BB5B #5B50BB

tetradic

#BB5B50 #7BBB50 #50B0BB #9050BB

square

#BB5B50 #7BBB50 #50B0BB #9050BB

split-complementary

#BB5B50 #50BB90 #507BBB

monochromatic

#682F28 #94433A #BB5B50 #CC847C #DDAEA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#BB5B50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.73

#BB5B50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5B50

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5B50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5B50	1.00	4.44	4.73	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726B4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7F4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC4B59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5b50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 91, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.126 28.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48c81',
    500: '#bb5b50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5b50;
$custom-light: #d48c81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5b50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.168,
    "s": 44.033,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58547,
    "c": 0.12611,
    "h": 28.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5B50

secondary

#9CC6CB

accent

#C7D454

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0EE

border

#D4CBC9

text

#150C0A

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5B50

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

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