#BB5B59#BB5B59

#BB5B59 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.124 H 22.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5B59
RGB	rgb(187, 91, 89)
HSL	hsl(1, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(1, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.3%, 52.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.42, 38.45, 19.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.42, 43.08, 26.80°)
OKLab	oklab(58.73% 0.1147 0.0483)
OKLCH	oklch(58.73% 0.125 22.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.0397, 18.7711, 11.7011)
Luminance	0.1877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5B59 #59B9BB

analogous

#BB5988 #BB5B59 #BB8C59

triadic

#BB5B59 #59BB5B #5B59BB

tetradic

#BB5B59 #88BB59 #59B9BB #8C59BB

square

#BB5B59 #88BB59 #59B9BB #8C59BB

split-complementary

#BB5B59 #59BB8C #5988BB

monochromatic

#6D2E2D #98403E #BB5B59 #CD8684 #DFB1B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.42

#BB5B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.75

#BB5B59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5B59

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5B59	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)

#716C58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898057

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB4C5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 91, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.124 22.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48c87',
    500: '#bb5b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5b59;
$custom-light: #d48c87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.224,
    "s": 41.88,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58729,
    "c": 0.1245,
    "h": 22.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5B59

secondary

#A3CCCD

accent

#CFD256

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150C0B

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5B59

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

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