#BB5E56#BB5E56

#BB5E56 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.121 H 26.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5E56
RGB	rgb(187, 94, 86)
HSL	hsl(5, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(5, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.7%, 54%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.97, 36.64, 21.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.97, 42.70, 30.91°)
OKLab	oklab(59.13% 0.1087 0.0541)
OKLCH	oklch(59.13% 0.121 26.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.1779, 19.2449, 11.1383)
Luminance	0.1924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5E56 #56B3BB

analogous

#BB5680 #BB5E56 #BB9056

triadic

#BB5E56 #56BB5E #5E56BB

tetradic

#BB5E56 #80BB56 #56B3BB #9056BB

square

#BB5E56 #80BB56 #56B3BB #9056BB

split-complementary

#BB5E56 #56BB90 #5680BB

monochromatic

#6B302B #97443D #BB5E56 #CD8882 #DEB1AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#BB5E56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.85

#BB5E56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5E56

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5E56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5E56	1.00	4.33	4.85	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746D55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8154

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB4F5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5e56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 94, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.121 26.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48e85',
    500: '#bb5e56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5e56;
$custom-light: #d48e85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5e56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.752,
    "s": 42.616,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59131,
    "c": 0.12141,
    "h": 26.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5E56

secondary

#A1C9CC

accent

#C8D255

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150C0B

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5E56

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

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