#BB5E57#BB5E57

#BB5E57 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.121 H 25.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5E57
RGB	rgb(187, 94, 87)
HSL	hsl(4, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(4, 53%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.7%, 53.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.99, 36.73, 21.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.99, 42.49, 30.20°)
OKLab	oklab(59.15% 0.1091 0.0528)
OKLCH	oklch(59.15% 0.121 25.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.2185, 19.2612, 11.3520)
Luminance	0.1926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5E57 #57B4BB

analogous

#BB5782 #BB5E57 #BB9057

triadic

#BB5E57 #57BB5E #5E57BB

tetradic

#BB5E57 #82BB57 #57B4BB #9057BB

square

#BB5E57 #82BB57 #57B4BB #9057BB

split-complementary

#BB5E57 #57BB90 #5782BB

monochromatic

#6C302C #97443D #BB5E57 #CD8883 #DEB1AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#BB5E57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.85

#BB5E57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5E57

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5E57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5E57	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)

#746D56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8155

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB505D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5e57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 94, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.121 25.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48e86',
    500: '#bb5e57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5e57;
$custom-light: #d48e86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5e57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.2,
    "s": 42.373,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59152,
    "c": 0.12121,
    "h": 25.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5E57

secondary

#A2C9CC

accent

#C9D256

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150C0B

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5E57

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

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