#BB5E52#BB5E52

#BB5E52 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.122 H 28.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5E52
RGB	rgb(187, 94, 82)
HSL	hsl(7, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(7, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.7%, 56.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.90, 36.30, 24.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.90, 43.62, 33.66°)
OKLab	oklab(59.05% 0.1071 0.059)
OKLCH	oklch(59.05% 0.122 28.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.0212, 19.1823, 10.3132)
Luminance	0.1918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5E52 #52AFBB

analogous

#BB527B #BB5E52 #BB9252

triadic

#BB5E52 #52BB5E #5E52BB

tetradic

#BB5E52 #7BBB52 #52AFBB #9252BB

square

#BB5E52 #7BBB52 #52AFBB #9252BB

split-complementary

#BB5E52 #52BB92 #527BBB

monochromatic

#693129 #95453B #BB5E52 #CC877E #DEB0AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.34

#BB5E52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.84

#BB5E52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5E52

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5E52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5E52	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)

#746D51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8150

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB4F5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5e52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 94, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.122 28.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48e82',
    500: '#bb5e52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5e52;
$custom-light: #d48e82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5e52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.857,
    "s": 43.568,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59052,
    "c": 0.12229,
    "h": 28.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5E52

secondary

#9EC6CB

accent

#C5D354

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150C0A

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5E52

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

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