#BB5F59#BB5F59

#BB5F59 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.120 H 25.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5F59
RGB	rgb(187, 95, 89)
HSL	hsl(4, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(4, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.2%, 52.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.24, 36.38, 20.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.24, 41.77, 29.43°)
OKLab	oklab(59.35% 0.1083 0.0509)
OKLCH	oklch(59.35% 0.12 25.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.3908, 19.4733, 11.8182)
Luminance	0.1947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5F59 #59B5BB

analogous

#BB5984 #BB5F59 #BB9059

triadic

#BB5F59 #59BB5F #5F59BB

tetradic

#BB5F59 #84BB59 #59B5BB #9059BB

square

#BB5F59 #84BB59 #59B5BB #9059BB

split-complementary

#BB5F59 #59BB90 #5984BB

monochromatic

#6D312D #98443E #BB5F59 #CD8984 #DFB3B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29

#BB5F59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.89

#BB5F59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5F59

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5F59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5F59	1.00	4.29	4.89	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.29	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)

#746E58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8157

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB515E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5f59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 95, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.120 25.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48e88',
    500: '#bb5f59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5f59;
$custom-light: #d48e88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5f59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.673,
    "s": 41.88,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59351,
    "c": 0.11966,
    "h": 25.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5F59

secondary

#A3CACD

accent

#CAD256

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150C0B

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5F59

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

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