#BB5F61#BB5F61

#BB5F61 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.119 H 19.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5F61
RGB	rgb(187, 95, 97)
HSL	hsl(359, 40%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(359, 49%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.2%, 48.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.40, 37.13, 16.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.40, 40.44, 23.34°)
OKLab	oklab(59.53% 0.1115 0.0405)
OKLCH	oklch(59.53% 0.119 19.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.7452, 19.6151, 13.6845)
Luminance	0.1961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5F61 #5FBBB9

analogous

#BB5F8F #BB5F61 #BB8B5F

triadic

#BB5F61 #61BB5F #5F61BB

tetradic

#BB5F61 #8FBB5F #5FBBB9 #8B5FBB

square

#BB5F61 #8FBB5F #5FBBB9 #8B5FBB

split-complementary

#BB5F61 #5FBB8B #5F8FBB

monochromatic

#703031 #9B4244 #BB5F61 #CD8A8B #E0B5B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#BB5F61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.92

#BB5F61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5F61

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5F61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5F61	1.00	4.27	4.92	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736F61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A825F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA5260

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5f61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 95, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.119 19.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38e8d',
    500: '#bb5f61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5f61;
$custom-light: #d38e8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5f61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.696,
    "s": 40.351,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59527,
    "c": 0.11866,
    "h": 19.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5F61

secondary

#A8CECD

accent

#D0CE58

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0F0

border

#D4CBCB

text

#150C0C

muted

#837D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5F61

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

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