#BB5D55#BB5D55

#BB5D55 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.123 H 26.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5D55
RGB	rgb(187, 93, 85)
HSL	hsl(5, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(5, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.3%, 54.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.75, 37.07, 22.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.75, 43.22, 30.94°)
OKLab	oklab(58.96% 0.1099 0.0547)
OKLCH	oklch(58.96% 0.123 26.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.0495, 19.0522, 10.8982)
Luminance	0.1905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5D55 #55B3BB

analogous

#BB5580 #BB5D55 #BB9055

triadic

#BB5D55 #55BB5D #5D55BB

tetradic

#BB5D55 #80BB55 #55B3BB #9055BB

square

#BB5D55 #80BB55 #55B3BB #9055BB

split-complementary

#BB5D55 #55BB90 #5580BB

monochromatic

#6B302B #97433C #BB5D55 #CC8781 #DEB0AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#BB5D55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.81

#BB5D55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5D55

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5D55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5D55	1.00	4.37	4.81	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736D54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8053

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB4E5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5d55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 93, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.123 26.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48d85',
    500: '#bb5d55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5d55;
$custom-light: #d48d85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5d55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.706,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58955,
    "c": 0.12277,
    "h": 26.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5D55

secondary

#A0C8CC

accent

#C9D355

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150C0B

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5D55

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

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