#BB5B56#BB5B56

#BB5B56 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.125 H 24.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5B56
RGB	rgb(187, 91, 86)
HSL	hsl(3, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(3, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.3%, 54%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.36, 38.19, 21.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.36, 43.64, 28.94°)
OKLab	oklab(58.67% 0.1135 0.0522)
OKLCH	oklch(58.67% 0.125 24.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.9163, 18.7217, 11.0511)
Luminance	0.1872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5B56 #56B6BB

analogous

#BB5683 #BB5B56 #BB8D56

triadic

#BB5B56 #56BB5B #5B56BB

tetradic

#BB5B56 #83BB56 #56B6BB #8D56BB

square

#BB5B56 #83BB56 #56B6BB #8D56BB

split-complementary

#BB5B56 #56BB8D #5683BB

monochromatic

#6B2E2B #97413D #BB5B56 #CD8582 #DEB0AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.43

#BB5B56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.74

#BB5B56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5B56

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5B56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5B56	1.00	4.43	4.74	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726B55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897F54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB4C5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5b56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 91, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.125 24.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48c85',
    500: '#bb5b56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5b56;
$custom-light: #d48c85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5b56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.97,
    "s": 42.616,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58666,
    "c": 0.12494,
    "h": 24.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5B56

secondary

#A1CACC

accent

#CCD255

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150C0B

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5B56

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

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