#BB5B52#BB5B52

#BB5B52 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.126 H 27.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5B52
RGB	rgb(187, 91, 82)
HSL	hsl(5, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(5, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.3%, 56.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.29, 37.86, 23.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.29, 44.49, 31.70°)
OKLab	oklab(58.59% 0.1119 0.0572)
OKLCH	oklch(58.59% 0.126 27.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.7596, 18.6591, 10.2260)
Luminance	0.1866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5B52 #52B2BB

analogous

#BB527D #BB5B52 #BB8F52

triadic

#BB5B52 #52BB5B #5B52BB

tetradic

#BB5B52 #7DBB52 #52B2BB #8F52BB

square

#BB5B52 #7DBB52 #52B2BB #8F52BB

split-complementary

#BB5B52 #52BB8F #527DBB

monochromatic

#692F29 #95423B #BB5B52 #CC857E #DEAEAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#BB5B52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.73

#BB5B52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5B52

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5B52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5B52	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)

#726B51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7F50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC4B59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5b52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 91, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.126 27.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48c82',
    500: '#bb5b52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5b52;
$custom-light: #d48c82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5b52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.143,
    "s": 43.568,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58586,
    "c": 0.12568,
    "h": 27.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5B52

secondary

#9EC7CB

accent

#C8D354

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0EE

border

#D4CBC9

text

#150C0A

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5B52

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

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