#BB6259#BB6259

#BB6259 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.116 H 27.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB6259
RGB	rgb(187, 98, 89)
HSL	hsl(6, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(6, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.6%, 52.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.86, 34.80, 21.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.86, 40.84, 31.54°)
OKLab	oklab(59.83% 0.1034 0.0529)
OKLCH	oklch(59.83% 0.116 27.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.6663, 20.0242, 11.9100)
Luminance	0.2002 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB6259 #59B2BB

analogous

#BB5981 #BB6259 #BB9359

triadic

#BB6259 #59BB62 #6259BB

tetradic

#BB6259 #81BB59 #59B2BB #9359BB

square

#BB6259 #81BB59 #59B2BB #9359BB

split-complementary

#BB6259 #59BB93 #5981BB

monochromatic

#6D332D #98473E #BB6259 #CD8B84 #DFB4B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#BB6259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.00

#BB6259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB6259

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB6259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB6259	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)

#777058

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8357

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB5460

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb6259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 98, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.116 27.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d39088',
    500: '#bb6259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb6259;
$custom-light: #d39088;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb6259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.51,
    "s": 41.88,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59829,
    "c": 0.11615,
    "h": 27.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB6259

secondary

#A3C9CD

accent

#C6D256

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FBF1EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150D0B

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB6259

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

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