#BB5E59#BB5E59

#BB5E59 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.121 H 24.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5E59
RGB	rgb(187, 94, 89)
HSL	hsl(3, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(3, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.7%, 52.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.03, 36.90, 20.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.03, 42.09, 28.75°)
OKLab	oklab(59.19% 0.1099 0.0503)
OKLCH	oklch(59.19% 0.121 24.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.3013, 19.2943, 11.7883)
Luminance	0.1929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5E59 #59B6BB

analogous

#BB5985 #BB5E59 #BB8F59

triadic

#BB5E59 #59BB5E #5E59BB

tetradic

#BB5E59 #85BB59 #59B6BB #8F59BB

square

#BB5E59 #85BB59 #59B6BB #8F59BB

split-complementary

#BB5E59 #59BB8F #5985BB

monochromatic

#6D302D #98433E #BB5E59 #CD8884 #DFB2B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.32

#BB5E59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.86

#BB5E59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5E59

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5E59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5E59	1.00	4.32	4.86	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736E58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8157

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB505D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5e59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 94, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.121 24.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48e88',
    500: '#bb5e59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5e59;
$custom-light: #d48e88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5e59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.061,
    "s": 41.88,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59194,
    "c": 0.12086,
    "h": 24.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5E59

secondary

#A3CBCD

accent

#CBD256

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150C0B

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5E59

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

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