#BB5F56#BB5F56

#BB5F56 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.120 H 27.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5F56
RGB	rgb(187, 95, 86)
HSL	hsl(5, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(5, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.2%, 54%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.18, 36.12, 22.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.18, 42.40, 31.58°)
OKLab	oklab(59.29% 0.1071 0.0547)
OKLCH	oklch(59.29% 0.12 27.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.2674, 19.4239, 11.1682)
Luminance	0.1942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5F56 #56B2BB

analogous

#BB567F #BB5F56 #BB9156

triadic

#BB5F56 #56BB5F #5F56BB

tetradic

#BB5F56 #7FBB56 #56B2BB #9156BB

square

#BB5F56 #7FBB56 #56B2BB #9156BB

split-complementary

#BB5F56 #56BB91 #567FBB

monochromatic

#6B312B #97453D #BB5F56 #CD8882 #DEB2AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.30

#BB5F56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.88

#BB5F56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5F56

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5F56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5F56	1.00	4.30	4.88	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756E55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8154

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB515D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5f56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 95, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.120 27.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48e85',
    500: '#bb5f56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5f56;
$custom-light: #d48e85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5f56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.347,
    "s": 42.616,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59289,
    "c": 0.12025,
    "h": 27.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5F56

secondary

#A1C8CC

accent

#C7D255

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150C0B

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5F56

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

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