#BB6551#BB6551

#BB6551 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.115 H 34.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB6551
RGB	rgb(187, 101, 81)
HSL	hsl(11, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(11, 57%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46%, 56.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.36, 32.52, 26.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.36, 42.05, 39.33°)
OKLab	oklab(60.16% 0.0953 0.0646)
OKLCH	oklch(60.16% 0.115 34.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.6344, 20.4690, 10.3312)
Luminance	0.2047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB6551 #51A7BB

analogous

#BB5172 #BB6551 #BB9A51

triadic

#BB6551 #51BB65 #6551BB

tetradic

#BB6551 #72BB51 #51A7BB #9A51BB

square

#BB6551 #72BB51 #51A7BB #9A51BB

split-complementary

#BB6551 #51BB9A #5172BB

monochromatic

#693529 #954B3A #BB6551 #CC8C7D #DDB3A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#BB6551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.09

#BB6551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB6551

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB6551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB6551	1.00	4.12	5.09	5.09
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A724F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8450

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB5760

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb6551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 101, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.115 34.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d49282',
    500: '#bb6551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb6551;
$custom-light: #d49282;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb6551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.321,
    "s": 43.802,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60163,
    "c": 0.11513,
    "h": 34.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB6551

secondary

#9DC2CB

accent

#BCD454

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF1EE

border

#D4CBC9

text

#150D0A

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB6551

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

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