#BB6261#BB6261

#BB6261 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.115 H 21.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB6261
RGB	rgb(187, 98, 97)
HSL	hsl(1, 40%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(1, 48%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.6%, 48.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.02, 35.56, 16.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.02, 39.36, 25.39°)
OKLab	oklab(60% 0.1067 0.0425)
OKLCH	oklch(60% 0.115 21.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.0206, 20.1660, 13.7763)
Luminance	0.2016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB6261 #61BABB

analogous

#BB618D #BB6261 #BB8F61

triadic

#BB6261 #61BB62 #6261BB

tetradic

#BB6261 #8DBB61 #61BABB #8F61BB

square

#BB6261 #8DBB61 #61BABB #8F61BB

split-complementary

#BB6261 #61BB8F #618DBB

monochromatic

#713131 #9C4443 #BB6261 #CD8D8C #E0B7B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#BB6261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.03

#BB6261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB6261

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB6261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB6261	1.00	4.17	5.03	5.03
#FFFFFF	4.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#767160

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C835F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA5662

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb6261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 98, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.115 21.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3908d',
    500: '#bb6261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb6261;
$custom-light: #d3908d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb6261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.667,
    "s": 39.823,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60002,
    "c": 0.11483,
    "h": 21.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB6261

secondary

#A9CECF

accent

#CED058

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FAF1F0

border

#D3CBCB

text

#150D0C

muted

#837E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB6261

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

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