#BB5E72#BB5E72

#BB5E72 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.121 H 7.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5E72
RGB	rgb(187, 94, 114)
HSL	hsl(347, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(347, 50%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.7%, 39%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.60, 39.48, 6.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.60, 39.96, 8.93°)
OKLab	oklab(59.81% 0.1199 0.0165)
OKLCH	oklch(59.81% 0.121 7.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.5350, 19.7878, 18.2856)
Luminance	0.1978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5E72 #5EBBA7

analogous

#BB5EA0 #BB5E72 #BB795E

triadic

#BB5E72 #72BB5E #5E72BB

tetradic

#BB5E72 #A0BB5E #5EBBA7 #795EBB

square

#BB5E72 #A0BB5E #5EBBA7 #795EBB

split-complementary

#BB5E72 #5EBB79 #5EA0BB

monochromatic

#702F3D #9B4154 #BB5E72 #CD8998 #DFB4BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#BB5E72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.96

#BB5E72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5E72

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5E72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5E72	1.00	4.24	4.96	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F7072

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878270

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C95565

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5e72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 94, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.121 7.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38e9a',
    500: '#bb5e72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5e72;
$custom-light: #d38e9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5e72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.097,
    "s": 40.611,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59808,
    "c": 0.12098,
    "h": 7.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5E72

secondary

#A7CEC6

accent

#D0B657

background

#FDF8F9

surface

#FAF0F2

border

#D3CBCC

text

#140C0E

muted

#837D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5E72

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

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