#BB5C53#BB5C53

#BB5C53 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.124 H 27.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5C53
RGB	rgb(187, 92, 83)
HSL	hsl(5, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(5, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.8%, 55.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.51, 37.42, 23.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.51, 43.97, 31.66°)
OKLab	oklab(58.76% 0.1107 0.0566)
OKLCH	oklch(58.76% 0.124 27.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.8840, 18.8465, 10.4566)
Luminance	0.1884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5C53 #53B2BB

analogous

#BB537E #BB5C53 #BB9053

triadic

#BB5C53 #53BB5C #5C53BB

tetradic

#BB5C53 #7EBB53 #53B2BB #9053BB

square

#BB5C53 #7EBB53 #53B2BB #9053BB

split-complementary

#BB5C53 #53BB90 #537EBB

monochromatic

#6A2F2A #96433B #BB5C53 #CC867F #DEAFAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40

#BB5C53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.77

#BB5C53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5C53

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5C53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5C53	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)

#736C52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8051

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB4D5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5c53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 92, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.124 27.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48c83',
    500: '#bb5c53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5c53;
$custom-light: #d48c83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5c53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.192,
    "s": 43.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5876,
    "c": 0.12433,
    "h": 27.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5C53

secondary

#9EC7CB

accent

#C8D355

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150C0A

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5C53

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

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