#BB5B57#BB5B57

#BB5B57 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.125 H 24.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5B57
RGB	rgb(187, 91, 87)
HSL	hsl(2, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(2, 53%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.3%, 53.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.38, 38.28, 20.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.38, 43.45, 28.24°)
OKLab	oklab(58.69% 0.1139 0.0509)
OKLCH	oklch(58.69% 0.125 24.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.9569, 18.7380, 11.2648)
Luminance	0.1873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5B57 #57B7BB

analogous

#BB5785 #BB5B57 #BB8D57

triadic

#BB5B57 #57BB5B #5B57BB

tetradic

#BB5B57 #85BB57 #57B7BB #8D57BB

square

#BB5B57 #85BB57 #57B7BB #8D57BB

split-complementary

#BB5B57 #57BB8D #5785BB

monochromatic

#6C2E2C #97413D #BB5B57 #CD8683 #DEB0AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.42

#BB5B57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.75

#BB5B57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5B57

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5B57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5B57	1.00	4.42	4.75	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716C56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898055

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB4C5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5b57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 91, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.125 24.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48c86',
    500: '#bb5b57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5b57;
$custom-light: #d48c86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5b57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.4,
    "s": 42.373,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58687,
    "c": 0.12479,
    "h": 24.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5B57

secondary

#A2CBCC

accent

#CDD256

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150C0B

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5B57

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

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