#BB6059#BB6059

#BB6059 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.118 H 25.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB6059
RGB	rgb(187, 96, 89)
HSL	hsl(4, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(4, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.7%, 52.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.44, 35.86, 20.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.44, 41.45, 30.12°)
OKLab	oklab(59.51% 0.1067 0.0516)
OKLCH	oklch(59.51% 0.118 25.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.4815, 19.6546, 11.8484)
Luminance	0.1965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB6059 #59B4BB

analogous

#BB5983 #BB6059 #BB9159

triadic

#BB6059 #59BB60 #6059BB

tetradic

#BB6059 #83BB59 #59B4BB #9159BB

square

#BB6059 #83BB59 #59B4BB #9159BB

split-complementary

#BB6059 #59BB91 #5983BB

monochromatic

#6D312D #98453E #BB6059 #CD8A84 #DFB3B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.26

#BB6059 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.93

#BB6059 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB6059

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB6059	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB6059	1.00	4.26	4.93	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756F58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8257

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB525F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb6059;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 96, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.118 25.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48f88',
    500: '#bb6059',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb6059;
$custom-light: #d48f88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb6059",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.286,
    "s": 41.88,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59509,
    "c": 0.11848,
    "h": 25.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB6059

secondary

#A3CACD

accent

#C9D256

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150C0B

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB6059

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

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