#BB5D56#BB5D56

#BB5D56 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.123 H 25.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5D56
RGB	rgb(187, 93, 86)
HSL	hsl(4, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(4, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.3%, 54%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.77, 37.16, 21.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.77, 43.01, 30.24°)
OKLab	oklab(58.98% 0.1103 0.0534)
OKLCH	oklch(58.98% 0.123 25.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.0895, 19.0682, 11.1089)
Luminance	0.1906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5D56 #56B4BB

analogous

#BB5681 #BB5D56 #BB8F56

triadic

#BB5D56 #56BB5D #5D56BB

tetradic

#BB5D56 #81BB56 #56B4BB #8F56BB

square

#BB5D56 #81BB56 #56B4BB #8F56BB

split-complementary

#BB5D56 #56BB8F #5681BB

monochromatic

#6B302B #97433D #BB5D56 #CD8782 #DEB1AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#BB5D56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.81

#BB5D56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5D56

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5D56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5D56	1.00	4.36	4.81	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.36	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)

#736D55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8054

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB4E5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5d56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 93, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.123 25.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48d85',
    500: '#bb5d56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5d56;
$custom-light: #d48d85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5d56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.158,
    "s": 42.616,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58975,
    "c": 0.12257,
    "h": 25.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5D56

secondary

#A1C9CC

accent

#CAD255

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150C0B

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5D56

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

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