#BB5E50#BB5E50

#BB5E50 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.123 H 30.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5E50
RGB	rgb(187, 94, 80)
HSL	hsl(8, 44%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(8, 57%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.7%, 57.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.86, 36.14, 25.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.86, 44.11, 34.99°)
OKLab	oklab(59.01% 0.1063 0.0615)
OKLCH	oklch(59.01% 0.123 30)
XYZ	xyz(25.9462, 19.1523, 9.9182)
Luminance	0.1915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5E50 #50ADBB

analogous

#BB5078 #BB5E50 #BB9350

triadic

#BB5E50 #50BB5E #5E50BB

tetradic

#BB5E50 #78BB50 #50ADBB #9350BB

square

#BB5E50 #78BB50 #50ADBB #9350BB

split-complementary

#BB5E50 #50BB93 #5078BB

monochromatic

#683128 #94453A #BB5E50 #CC877C #DDAFA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.35

#BB5E50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.83

#BB5E50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5E50

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5E50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5E50	1.00	4.35	4.83	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756D4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C814E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC4E5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5e50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 94, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.123 30.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48e81',
    500: '#bb5e50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5e50;
$custom-light: #d48e81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5e50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.85,
    "s": 44.033,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59015,
    "c": 0.12279,
    "h": 30
  },
  "luminance": 0.19149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5E50

secondary

#9CC5CB

accent

#C3D454

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0EE

border

#D4CBC9

text

#150C0A

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5E50

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

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