#BB6255#BB6255

#BB6255 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.117 H 29.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB6255
RGB	rgb(187, 98, 85)
HSL	hsl(8, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(8, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.6%, 54.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.79, 34.45, 23.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.79, 41.76, 34.40°)
OKLab	oklab(59.75% 0.1018 0.0579)
OKLCH	oklch(59.75% 0.117 29.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.5028, 19.9588, 11.0493)
Luminance	0.1996 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB6255 #55AEBB

analogous

#BB557B #BB6255 #BB9555

triadic

#BB6255 #55BB62 #6255BB

tetradic

#BB6255 #7BBB55 #55AEBB #9555BB

square

#BB6255 #7BBB55 #55AEBB #9555BB

split-complementary

#BB6255 #55BB95 #557BBB

monochromatic

#6B332B #97483C #BB6255 #CC8A81 #DEB3AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.21

#BB6255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.99

#BB6255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB6255

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB6255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB6255	1.00	4.21	4.99	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#777054

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8353

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB545F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb6255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 98, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.117 29.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d49085',
    500: '#bb6255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb6255;
$custom-light: #d49085;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb6255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.647,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59748,
    "c": 0.11709,
    "h": 29.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB6255

secondary

#A0C6CC

accent

#C3D355

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150D0B

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB6255

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

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