#BB5E5C#BB5E5C

#BB5E5C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.120 H 22.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5E5C
RGB	rgb(187, 94, 92)
HSL	hsl(1, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(1, 51%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.7%, 50.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.09, 37.18, 18.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.09, 41.55, 26.53°)
OKLab	oklab(59.26% 0.1111 0.0464)
OKLCH	oklch(59.26% 0.12 22.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.4299, 19.3457, 12.4654)
Luminance	0.1934 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5E5C #5CB9BB

analogous

#BB5C8A #BB5E5C #BB8E5C

triadic

#BB5E5C #5CBB5E #5E5CBB

tetradic

#BB5E5C #8ABB5C #5CB9BB #8E5CBB

square

#BB5E5C #8ABB5C #5CB9BB #8E5CBB

split-complementary

#BB5E5C #5CBB8E #5C8ABB

monochromatic

#6F2F2E #9A4240 #BB5E5C #CD8987 #DFB3B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.31

#BB5E5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.87

#BB5E5C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5E5C

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5E5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5E5C	1.00	4.31	4.87	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.31	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)

#736E5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A815A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB505E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5e5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 94, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.120 22.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48e8a',
    500: '#bb5e5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5e5c;
$custom-light: #d48e8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5e5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.263,
    "s": 41.126,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59258,
    "c": 0.12042,
    "h": 22.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5E5C

secondary

#A5CDCD

accent

#CED157

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0F0

border

#D4CBCB

text

#150C0B

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5E5C

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

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