#BB5B51#BB5B51

#BB5B51 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.126 H 27.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5B51
RGB	rgb(187, 91, 81)
HSL	hsl(6, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(6, 57%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.3%, 56.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.27, 37.77, 23.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.27, 44.72, 32.36°)
OKLab	oklab(58.57% 0.1115 0.0584)
OKLCH	oklch(58.57% 0.126 27.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.7218, 18.6440, 10.0271)
Luminance	0.1864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5B51 #51B1BB

analogous

#BB517C #BB5B51 #BB9051

triadic

#BB5B51 #51BB5B #5B51BB

tetradic

#BB5B51 #7CBB51 #51B1BB #9051BB

square

#BB5B51 #7CBB51 #51B1BB #9051BB

split-complementary

#BB5B51 #51BB90 #517CBB

monochromatic

#692F29 #95433A #BB5B51 #CC847D #DDAEA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#BB5B51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.73

#BB5B51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5B51

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5B51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5B51	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)

#726B50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7F4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC4B59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5b51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 91, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.126 27.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48c82',
    500: '#bb5b51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5b51;
$custom-light: #d48c82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5b51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.66,
    "s": 43.802,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58566,
    "c": 0.12589,
    "h": 27.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5B51

secondary

#9DC7CB

accent

#C8D454

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0EE

border

#D4CBC9

text

#150C0A

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5B51

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

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