#BB6559#BB6559

#BB6559 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.113 H 29.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB6559
RGB	rgb(187, 101, 89)
HSL	hsl(7, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(7, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46%, 52.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.50, 33.21, 22.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.50, 39.95, 33.77°)
OKLab	oklab(60.32% 0.0985 0.0549)
OKLCH	oklch(60.32% 0.113 29.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.9522, 20.5962, 12.0053)
Luminance	0.2059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB6559 #59AFBB

analogous

#BB597E #BB6559 #BB9659

triadic

#BB6559 #59BB65 #6559BB

tetradic

#BB6559 #7EBB59 #59AFBB #9659BB

square

#BB6559 #7EBB59 #59AFBB #9659BB

split-complementary

#BB6559 #59BB96 #597EBB

monochromatic

#6D352D #98493E #BB6559 #CD8D84 #DFB6B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#BB6559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.12

#BB6559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB6559

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB6559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB6559	1.00	4.10	5.12	5.12
#FFFFFF	4.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#797258

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8458

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB5862

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb6559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 101, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.113 29.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d39288',
    500: '#bb6559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb6559;
$custom-light: #d39288;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb6559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.347,
    "s": 41.88,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60317,
    "c": 0.11274,
    "h": 29.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB6559

secondary

#A3C8CD

accent

#C3D256

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FBF1EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150D0B

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB6559

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

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