#BB5E5B#BB5E5B

#BB5E5B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.121 H 23.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5E5B
RGB	rgb(187, 94, 91)
HSL	hsl(2, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(2, 51%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.7%, 51.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.07, 37.08, 19.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.07, 41.72, 27.28°)
OKLab	oklab(59.24% 0.1107 0.0477)
OKLCH	oklch(59.24% 0.121 23.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.3864, 19.3284, 12.2367)
Luminance	0.1933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5E5B #5BB8BB

analogous

#BB5B88 #BB5E5B #BB8E5B

triadic

#BB5E5B #5BBB5E #5E5BBB

tetradic

#BB5E5B #88BB5B #5BB8BB #8E5BBB

square

#BB5E5B #88BB5B #5BB8BB #8E5BBB

split-complementary

#BB5E5B #5BBB8E #5B88BB

monochromatic

#6E302E #994240 #BB5E5B #CD8886 #DFB3B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.32

#BB5E5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.87

#BB5E5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5E5B

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5E5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5E5B	1.00	4.32	4.87	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736E5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8159

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB505E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5e5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 94, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.121 23.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48e89',
    500: '#bb5e5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5e5b;
$custom-light: #d48e89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5e5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.875,
    "s": 41.379,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59236,
    "c": 0.12056,
    "h": 23.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5E5B

secondary

#A5CCCD

accent

#CDD157

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0F0

border

#D4CBCB

text

#150C0B

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5E5B

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

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