#BB6457#BB6457

#BB6457 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.114 H 29.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB6457
RGB	rgb(187, 100, 87)
HSL	hsl(8, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(8, 53%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.5%, 53.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.25, 33.57, 23.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.25, 40.71, 34.46°)
OKLab	oklab(60.11% 0.0993 0.0567)
OKLCH	oklch(60.11% 0.114 29.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.7729, 20.3700, 11.5368)
Luminance	0.2037 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB6457 #57AEBB

analogous

#BB577C #BB6457 #BB9657

triadic

#BB6457 #57BB64 #6457BB

tetradic

#BB6457 #7CBB57 #57AEBB #9657BB

square

#BB6457 #7CBB57 #57AEBB #9657BB

split-complementary

#BB6457 #57BB96 #577CBB

monochromatic

#6C342C #97493D #BB6457 #CD8C83 #DEB4AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#BB6457 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.07

#BB6457 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB6457

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB6457	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB6457	1.00	4.14	5.07	5.07
#FFFFFF	4.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#797156

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8455

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB5661

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb6457;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 100, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.114 29.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d49286',
    500: '#bb6457',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb6457;
$custom-light: #d49286;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb6457",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 100,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.8,
    "s": 42.373,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60113,
    "c": 0.11436,
    "h": 29.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB6457

secondary

#A2C7CC

accent

#C2D256

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FBF1EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150D0B

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB6457

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

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