#BB6555#BB6555

#BB6555 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.114 H 31.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB6555
RGB	rgb(187, 101, 85)
HSL	hsl(9, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(9, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46%, 54.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.43, 32.86, 24.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.43, 40.95, 36.63°)
OKLab	oklab(60.24% 0.0969 0.0598)
OKLCH	oklch(60.24% 0.114 31.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.7888, 20.5308, 11.1446)
Luminance	0.2053 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB6555 #55ABBB

analogous

#BB5578 #BB6555 #BB9855

triadic

#BB6555 #55BB65 #6555BB

tetradic

#BB6555 #78BB55 #55ABBB #9855BB

square

#BB6555 #78BB55 #55ABBB #9855BB

split-complementary

#BB6555 #55BB98 #5578BB

monochromatic

#6B352B #974A3C #BB6555 #CC8D81 #DEB4AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#BB6555 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#BB6555 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB6555

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB6555	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB6555	1.00	4.11	5.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A7253

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8454

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB5761

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb6555;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 101, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.114 31.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d49285',
    500: '#bb6555',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb6555;
$custom-light: #d49285;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb6555",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.412,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60238,
    "c": 0.11385,
    "h": 31.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB6555

secondary

#A0C5CC

accent

#BFD355

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FBF1EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150D0B

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB6555

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

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