#BB6257#BB6257

#BB6257 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.117 H 28.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB6257
RGB	rgb(187, 98, 87)
HSL	hsl(7, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(7, 53%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.6%, 53.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.83, 34.63, 22.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.83, 41.28, 32.99°)
OKLab	oklab(59.79% 0.1026 0.0554)
OKLCH	oklch(59.79% 0.117 28.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.5834, 19.9911, 11.4737)
Luminance	0.1999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB6257 #57B0BB

analogous

#BB577E #BB6257 #BB9457

triadic

#BB6257 #57BB62 #6257BB

tetradic

#BB6257 #7EBB57 #57B0BB #9457BB

square

#BB6257 #7EBB57 #57B0BB #9457BB

split-complementary

#BB6257 #57BB94 #577EBB

monochromatic

#6C332C #97473D #BB6257 #CD8B83 #DEB3AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#BB6257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.00

#BB6257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB6257

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB6257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB6257	1.00	4.20	5.00	5.00
#FFFFFF	4.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#777056

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8355

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB5460

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb6257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 98, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.117 28.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d49086',
    500: '#bb6257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb6257;
$custom-light: #d49086;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb6257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.6,
    "s": 42.373,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59788,
    "c": 0.1166,
    "h": 28.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB6257

secondary

#A2C8CC

accent

#C4D256

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150D0B

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB6257

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

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