#BB5E75#BB5E75

#BB5E75 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.122 H 5.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5E75
RGB	rgb(187, 94, 117)
HSL	hsl(345, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(345, 50%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.7%, 37.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.68, 39.83, 4.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.68, 40.09, 6.49°)
OKLab	oklab(59.89% 0.121 0.0122)
OKLCH	oklch(59.89% 0.122 5.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.7085, 19.8572, 19.1997)
Luminance	0.1986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5E75 #5EBBA4

analogous

#BB5EA4 #BB5E75 #BB755E

triadic

#BB5E75 #75BB5E #5E75BB

tetradic

#BB5E75 #A4BB5E #5EBBA4 #755EBB

square

#BB5E75 #A4BB5E #5EBBA4 #755EBB

split-complementary

#BB5E75 #5EBB75 #5EA4BB

monochromatic

#702F3F #9B4157 #BB5E75 #CD899A #DFB4BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#BB5E75 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.97

#BB5E75 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5E75

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5E75	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5E75	1.00	4.22	4.97	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E7076

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868273

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C95566

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5e75;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 94, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.122 5.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28e9c',
    500: '#bb5e75',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5e75;
$custom-light: #d28e9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5e75",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.161,
    "s": 40.611,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59894,
    "c": 0.12161,
    "h": 5.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5E75

secondary

#A7CEC4

accent

#D0B357

background

#FDF8F9

surface

#FAF0F2

border

#D3CBCC

text

#140C0E

muted

#837D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5E75

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

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