#BB6159#BB6159

#BB6159 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.117 H 26.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB6159
RGB	rgb(187, 97, 89)
HSL	hsl(5, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(5, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.1%, 52.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.65, 35.33, 21.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.65, 41.14, 30.82°)
OKLab	oklab(59.67% 0.1051 0.0522)
OKLCH	oklch(59.67% 0.117 26.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.5733, 19.8383, 11.8790)
Luminance	0.1983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB6159 #59B3BB

analogous

#BB5982 #BB6159 #BB9259

triadic

#BB6159 #59BB61 #6159BB

tetradic

#BB6159 #82BB59 #59B3BB #9259BB

square

#BB6159 #82BB59 #59B3BB #9259BB

split-complementary

#BB6159 #59BB92 #5982BB

monochromatic

#6D322D #98463E #BB6159 #CD8A84 #DFB4B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#BB6159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.97

#BB6159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB6159

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB6159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB6159	1.00	4.23	4.97	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#767058

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8257

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB535F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb6159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 97, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.117 26.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d49088',
    500: '#bb6159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb6159;
$custom-light: #d49088;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb6159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.898,
    "s": 41.88,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59668,
    "c": 0.11731,
    "h": 26.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB6159

secondary

#A3C9CD

accent

#C8D256

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150D0B

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB6159

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

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