#BB6561#BB6561

#BB6561 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.111 H 23.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB6561
RGB	rgb(187, 101, 97)
HSL	hsl(3, 40%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(3, 48%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46%, 48.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.66, 33.97, 17.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.66, 38.32, 27.58°)
OKLab	oklab(60.49% 0.1017 0.0446)
OKLCH	oklch(60.49% 0.111 23.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.3066, 20.7379, 13.8717)
Luminance	0.2074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB6561 #61B7BB

analogous

#BB618A #BB6561 #BB9261

triadic

#BB6561 #61BB65 #6561BB

tetradic

#BB6561 #8ABB61 #61B7BB #9261BB

square

#BB6561 #8ABB61 #61B7BB #9261BB

split-complementary

#BB6561 #61BB92 #618ABB

monochromatic

#713331 #9C4743 #BB6561 #CD8F8C #E0B8B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#BB6561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#BB6561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB6561

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB6561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB6561	1.00	4.08	5.15	5.15
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#787360

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D845F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA5964

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb6561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 101, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.111 23.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3928d',
    500: '#bb6561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb6561;
$custom-light: #d3928d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb6561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.667,
    "s": 39.823,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60487,
    "c": 0.1111,
    "h": 23.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB6561

secondary

#A9CDCF

accent

#CAD058

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FAF1F0

border

#D3CBCB

text

#150D0C

muted

#837E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB6561

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

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