#BB5C55#BB5C55

#BB5C55 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.124 H 25.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5C55
RGB	rgb(187, 92, 85)
HSL	hsl(4, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(4, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.8%, 54.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.54, 37.59, 21.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.54, 43.53, 30.29°)
OKLab	oklab(58.8% 0.1115 0.0541)
OKLCH	oklch(58.8% 0.124 25.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.9623, 18.8778, 10.8691)
Luminance	0.1888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5C55 #55B4BB

analogous

#BB5581 #BB5C55 #BB8F55

triadic

#BB5C55 #55BB5C #5C55BB

tetradic

#BB5C55 #81BB55 #55B4BB #8F55BB

square

#BB5C55 #81BB55 #55B4BB #8F55BB

split-complementary

#BB5C55 #55BB8F #5581BB

monochromatic

#6B2F2B #97423C #BB5C55 #CC8681 #DEB0AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40

#BB5C55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.78

#BB5C55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5C55

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5C55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5C55	1.00	4.40	4.78	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726C54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8053

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB4D5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5c55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 92, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.124 25.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48c85',
    500: '#bb5c55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5c55;
$custom-light: #d48c85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5c55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.118,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.588,
    "c": 0.12394,
    "h": 25.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5C55

secondary

#A0C9CC

accent

#CAD355

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150C0B

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5C55

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

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