#BB5E5D#BB5E5D

#BB5E5D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.120 H 22.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5E5D
RGB	rgb(187, 94, 93)
HSL	hsl(1, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(1, 50%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.7%, 50.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.11, 37.27, 17.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.11, 41.39, 25.77°)
OKLab	oklab(59.28% 0.1115 0.0451)
OKLCH	oklch(59.28% 0.12 22)
XYZ	xyz(26.4739, 19.3633, 12.6971)
Luminance	0.1936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5E5D #5DBABB

analogous

#BB5D8B #BB5E5D #BB8D5D

triadic

#BB5E5D #5DBB5E #5E5DBB

tetradic

#BB5E5D #8BBB5D #5DBABB #8D5DBB

square

#BB5E5D #8BBB5D #5DBABB #8D5DBB

split-complementary

#BB5E5D #5DBB8D #5D8BBB

monochromatic

#6F2F2F #9A4241 #BB5E5D #CD8988 #DFB4B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.31

#BB5E5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.87

#BB5E5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5E5D

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5E5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5E5D	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)

#736E5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A815B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB515E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5e5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 94, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.120 22.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38e8a',
    500: '#bb5e5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5e5d;
$custom-light: #d38e8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5e5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.638,
    "s": 40.87,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5928,
    "c": 0.12031,
    "h": 22
  },
  "luminance": 0.19361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5E5D

secondary

#A6CDCE

accent

#CFD157

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0F0

border

#D4CBCB

text

#150C0B

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5E5D

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

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