#BB5E65#BB5E65

#BB5E65 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.120 H 16.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5E65
RGB	rgb(187, 94, 101)
HSL	hsl(355, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(355, 50%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.7%, 46%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.28, 38.05, 13.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.28, 40.38, 19.52°)
OKLab	oklab(59.47% 0.1148 0.0344)
OKLCH	oklch(59.47% 0.12 16.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.8469, 19.5126, 14.6618)
Luminance	0.1951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5E65 #5EBBB4

analogous

#BB5E93 #BB5E65 #BB865E

triadic

#BB5E65 #65BB5E #5E65BB

tetradic

#BB5E65 #93BB5E #5EBBB4 #865EBB

square

#BB5E65 #93BB5E #5EBBB4 #865EBB

split-complementary

#BB5E65 #5EBB86 #5E93BB

monochromatic

#702F34 #9B4148 #BB5E65 #CD898E #DFB4B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#BB5E65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.90

#BB5E65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5E65

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5E65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5E65	1.00	4.28	4.90	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726F65

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898163

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA5261

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5e65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 94, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.120 16.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38e90',
    500: '#bb5e65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5e65;
$custom-light: #d38e90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5e65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.484,
    "s": 40.611,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59467,
    "c": 0.11982,
    "h": 16.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5E65

secondary

#A7CECB

accent

#D0C757

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FAF0F0

border

#D3CBCB

text

#150C0C

muted

#837D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5E65

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

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