#BB5D57#BB5D57

#BB5D57 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.122 H 25.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5D57
RGB	rgb(187, 93, 87)
HSL	hsl(4, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(4, 53%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.3%, 53.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.79, 37.25, 21.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.79, 42.81, 29.53°)
OKLab	oklab(59% 0.1107 0.0522)
OKLCH	oklch(59% 0.122 25.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.1301, 19.0845, 11.3226)
Luminance	0.1908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5D57 #57B5BB

analogous

#BB5783 #BB5D57 #BB8F57

triadic

#BB5D57 #57BB5D #5D57BB

tetradic

#BB5D57 #83BB57 #57B5BB #8F57BB

square

#BB5D57 #83BB57 #57B5BB #8F57BB

split-complementary

#BB5D57 #57BB8F #5783BB

monochromatic

#6C302C #97433D #BB5D57 #CD8783 #DEB1AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#BB5D57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.82

#BB5D57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5D57

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5D57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5D57	1.00	4.36	4.82	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736D56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8055

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB4E5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5d57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 93, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.122 25.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48d86',
    500: '#bb5d57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5d57;
$custom-light: #d48d86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5d57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.6,
    "s": 42.373,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58996,
    "c": 0.12239,
    "h": 25.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5D57

secondary

#A2CACC

accent

#CBD256

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150C0B

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5D57

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

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