#BB5E61#BB5E61

#BB5E61 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.120 H 19.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5E61
RGB	rgb(187, 94, 97)
HSL	hsl(358, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(358, 50%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.7%, 48.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.19, 37.65, 15.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.19, 40.81, 22.69°)
OKLab	oklab(59.37% 0.1132 0.0398)
OKLCH	oklch(59.37% 0.12 19.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.6557, 19.4361, 13.6547)
Luminance	0.1943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5E61 #5EBBB8

analogous

#BB5E8F #BB5E61 #BB8A5E

triadic

#BB5E61 #61BB5E #5E61BB

tetradic

#BB5E61 #8FBB5E #5EBBB8 #8A5EBB

square

#BB5E61 #8FBB5E #5EBBB8 #8A5EBB

split-complementary

#BB5E61 #5EBB8A #5E8FBB

monochromatic

#702F31 #9B4144 #BB5E61 #CD898B #DFB4B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.30

#BB5E61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.89

#BB5E61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5E61

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5E61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5E61	1.00	4.30	4.89	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726E61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89815F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB5160

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5e61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 94, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.120 19.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38e8d',
    500: '#bb5e61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5e61;
$custom-light: #d38e8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5e61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.065,
    "s": 40.611,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59371,
    "c": 0.11995,
    "h": 19.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5E61

secondary

#A7CECD

accent

#D0CD57

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0F0

border

#D4CBCB

text

#150C0C

muted

#837D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5E61

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

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