#BB6157#BB6157

#BB6157 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.118 H 27.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB6157
RGB	rgb(187, 97, 87)
HSL	hsl(6, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(6, 53%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.1%, 53.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.62, 35.15, 22.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.62, 41.58, 32.27°)
OKLab	oklab(59.63% 0.1042 0.0547)
OKLCH	oklch(59.63% 0.118 27.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.4904, 19.8051, 11.4427)
Luminance	0.1980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB6157 #57B1BB

analogous

#BB577F #BB6157 #BB9357

triadic

#BB6157 #57BB61 #6157BB

tetradic

#BB6157 #7FBB57 #57B1BB #9357BB

square

#BB6157 #7FBB57 #57B1BB #9357BB

split-complementary

#BB6157 #57BB93 #577FBB

monochromatic

#6C322C #97463D #BB6157 #CD8A83 #DEB3AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#BB6157 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.96

#BB6157 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB6157

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB6157	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB6157	1.00	4.23	4.96	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#766F56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8255

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB535F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb6157;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 97, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.118 27.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d49086',
    500: '#bb6157',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb6157;
$custom-light: #d49086;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb6157",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6,
    "s": 42.373,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59627,
    "c": 0.11773,
    "h": 27.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB6157

secondary

#A2C8CC

accent

#C6D256

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150D0B

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB6157

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

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