#BB5D5E#BB5D5E

#BB5D5E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.121 H 20.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5D5E
RGB	rgb(187, 93, 94)
HSL	hsl(359, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(359, 50%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.3%, 49.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.93, 37.88, 17.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.93, 41.59, 24.36°)
OKLab	oklab(59.15% 0.1136 0.0431)
OKLCH	oklch(59.15% 0.121 20.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.4301, 19.2045, 12.9024)
Luminance	0.1920 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5D5E #5DBBBA

analogous

#BB5D8D #BB5D5E #BB8B5D

triadic

#BB5D5E #5EBB5D #5D5EBB

tetradic

#BB5D5E #8DBB5D #5DBBBA #8B5DBB

square

#BB5D5E #8DBB5D #5DBBBA #8B5DBB

split-complementary

#BB5D5E #5DBB8B #5D8DBB

monochromatic

#6F2F2F #9A4142 #BB5D5E #CD8889 #DFB3B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.34

#BB5D5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.84

#BB5D5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5D5E

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5D5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5D5E	1.00	4.34	4.84	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726D5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89815C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB505E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5d5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 93, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.121 20.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38d8b',
    500: '#bb5d5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5d5e;
$custom-light: #d38d8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5d5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.362,
    "s": 40.87,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59147,
    "c": 0.12147,
    "h": 20.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5D5E

secondary

#A6CECD

accent

#D1CF57

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0F0

border

#D4CBCB

text

#150C0C

muted

#837D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5D5E

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

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