#BB5D51#BB5D51

#BB5D51 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.124 H 28.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5D51
RGB	rgb(187, 93, 81)
HSL	hsl(7, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(7, 57%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.3%, 56.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.68, 36.74, 24.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.68, 44.14, 33.66°)
OKLab	oklab(58.88% 0.1083 0.0596)
OKLCH	oklch(58.88% 0.124 28.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.8951, 18.9905, 10.0848)
Luminance	0.1899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5D51 #51AFBB

analogous

#BB517A #BB5D51 #BB9251

triadic

#BB5D51 #51BB5D #5D51BB

tetradic

#BB5D51 #7ABB51 #51AFBB #9251BB

square

#BB5D51 #7ABB51 #51AFBB #9251BB

split-complementary

#BB5D51 #51BB92 #517ABB

monochromatic

#693029 #95443A #BB5D51 #CC867D #DDAFA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#BB5D51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#BB5D51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5D51

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5D51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5D51	1.00	4.38	4.80	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746C50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B804F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC4D5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5d51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 93, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.124 28.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48d82',
    500: '#bb5d51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5d51;
$custom-light: #d48d82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5d51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.792,
    "s": 43.802,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58876,
    "c": 0.12364,
    "h": 28.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5D51

secondary

#9DC6CB

accent

#C5D454

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0EE

border

#D4CBC9

text

#150C0A

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5D51

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

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