#BB5D59#BB5D59

#BB5D59 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.122 H 24.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5D59
RGB	rgb(187, 93, 89)
HSL	hsl(2, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(2, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.3%, 52.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.82, 37.42, 19.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.82, 42.42, 28.09°)
OKLab	oklab(59.04% 0.1115 0.0496)
OKLCH	oklch(59.04% 0.122 24)
XYZ	xyz(26.2130, 19.1176, 11.7589)
Luminance	0.1911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5D59 #59B7BB

analogous

#BB5986 #BB5D59 #BB8E59

triadic

#BB5D59 #59BB5D #5D59BB

tetradic

#BB5D59 #86BB59 #59B7BB #8E59BB

square

#BB5D59 #86BB59 #59B7BB #8E59BB

split-complementary

#BB5D59 #59BB8E #5986BB

monochromatic

#6D2F2D #98423E #BB5D59 #CD8784 #DFB2B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.35

#BB5D59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.82

#BB5D59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5D59

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5D59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5D59	1.00	4.35	4.82	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.35	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)

#736D58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8057

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB4F5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5d59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 93, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.122 24.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48d88',
    500: '#bb5d59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5d59;
$custom-light: #d48d88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5d59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.449,
    "s": 41.88,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59038,
    "c": 0.12207,
    "h": 24
  },
  "luminance": 0.19115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5D59

secondary

#A3CBCD

accent

#CDD256

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150C0B

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5D59

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

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