#BB6556#BB6556

#BB6556 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.114 H 31.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB6556
RGB	rgb(187, 101, 86)
HSL	hsl(9, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(9, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46%, 54%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.45, 32.95, 23.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.45, 40.69, 35.93°)
OKLab	oklab(60.26% 0.0973 0.0586)
OKLCH	oklch(60.26% 0.114 31)
XYZ	xyz(26.8288, 20.5468, 11.3553)
Luminance	0.2054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB6556 #56ACBB

analogous

#BB5679 #BB6556 #BB9756

triadic

#BB6556 #56BB65 #6556BB

tetradic

#BB6556 #79BB56 #56ACBB #9756BB

square

#BB6556 #79BB56 #56ACBB #9756BB

split-complementary

#BB6556 #56BB97 #5679BB

monochromatic

#6B352B #974A3D #BB6556 #CD8D82 #DEB5AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#BB6556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#BB6556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB6556

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB6556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB6556	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)

#7A7254

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8455

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB5761

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb6556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 101, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.114 31.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d49285',
    500: '#bb6556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb6556;
$custom-light: #d49285;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb6556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.911,
    "s": 42.616,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60257,
    "c": 0.11356,
    "h": 31
  },
  "luminance": 0.20544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB6556

secondary

#A1C6CC

accent

#C0D255

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FBF1EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150D0B

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB6556

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

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