#BB5C52#BB5C52

#BB5C52 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.125 H 27.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5C52
RGB	rgb(187, 92, 82)
HSL	hsl(6, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(6, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.8%, 56.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.49, 37.34, 23.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.49, 44.20, 32.34°)
OKLab	oklab(58.74% 0.1103 0.0578)
OKLCH	oklch(58.74% 0.125 27.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.8457, 18.8312, 10.2547)
Luminance	0.1883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5C52 #52B1BB

analogous

#BB527D #BB5C52 #BB9052

triadic

#BB5C52 #52BB5C #5C52BB

tetradic

#BB5C52 #7DBB52 #52B1BB #9052BB

square

#BB5C52 #7DBB52 #52B1BB #9052BB

split-complementary

#BB5C52 #52BB90 #527DBB

monochromatic

#692F29 #95433B #BB5C52 #CC857E #DEAFAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#BB5C52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.77

#BB5C52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5C52

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5C52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5C52	1.00	4.41	4.77	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.41	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)

#736C51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8050

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC4C5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5c52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 92, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.125 27.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48c82',
    500: '#bb5c52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5c52;
$custom-light: #d48c82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5c52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.714,
    "s": 43.568,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5874,
    "c": 0.12454,
    "h": 27.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5C52

secondary

#9EC7CB

accent

#C7D354

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150C0A

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5C52

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

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