#BB5B5E#BB5B5E

#BB5B5E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.124 H 19.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5B5E
RGB	rgb(187, 91, 94)
HSL	hsl(358, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(358, 51%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.3%, 49.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.52, 38.91, 16.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.52, 42.31, 23.11°)
OKLab	oklab(58.84% 0.1168 0.0418)
OKLCH	oklch(58.84% 0.124 19.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.2568, 18.8580, 12.8447)
Luminance	0.1885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5B5E #5BBBB8

analogous

#BB5B8E #BB5B5E #BB885B

triadic

#BB5B5E #5EBB5B #5B5EBB

tetradic

#BB5B5E #8EBB5B #5BBBB8 #885BBB

square

#BB5B5E #8EBB5B #5BBBB8 #885BBB

split-complementary

#BB5B5E #5BBB88 #5B8EBB

monochromatic

#6E2E30 #994042 #BB5B5E #CD8688 #DFB2B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40

#BB5B5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.77

#BB5B5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5B5E

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5B5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5B5E	1.00	4.40	4.77	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706C5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88805C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB4D5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5b5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 91, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.124 19.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48c8b',
    500: '#bb5b5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5b5e;
$custom-light: #d48c8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5b5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.125,
    "s": 41.379,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5884,
    "c": 0.12401,
    "h": 19.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5B5E

secondary

#A5CDCC

accent

#D1CD57

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0F0

border

#D4CBCB

text

#150C0C

muted

#837D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5B5E

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

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