#BB5B53#BB5B53

#BB5B53 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.125 H 26.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5B53
RGB	rgb(187, 91, 83)
HSL	hsl(5, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(5, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.3%, 55.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.30, 37.94, 22.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.30, 44.27, 31.02°)
OKLab	oklab(58.61% 0.1123 0.0559)
OKLCH	oklch(58.61% 0.125 26.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.7979, 18.6744, 10.4279)
Luminance	0.1867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5B53 #53B3BB

analogous

#BB537F #BB5B53 #BB8F53

triadic

#BB5B53 #53BB5B #5B53BB

tetradic

#BB5B53 #7FBB53 #53B3BB #8F53BB

square

#BB5B53 #7FBB53 #53B3BB #8F53BB

split-complementary

#BB5B53 #53BB8F #537FBB

monochromatic

#6A2F2A #96423B #BB5B53 #CC857F #DEAFAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#BB5B53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.73

#BB5B53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5B53

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5B53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5B53	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)

#726B52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7F51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB4B59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5b53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 91, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.125 26.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48c83',
    500: '#bb5b53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5b53;
$custom-light: #d48c83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5b53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.615,
    "s": 43.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58605,
    "c": 0.12547,
    "h": 26.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5B53

secondary

#9EC8CB

accent

#C9D355

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150C0A

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5B53

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

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