#BB6859#BB6859

#BB6859 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.109 H 31.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB6859
RGB	rgb(187, 104, 89)
HSL	hsl(9, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(9, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.4%, 52.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.16, 31.60, 23.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.16, 39.13, 36.13°)
OKLab	oklab(60.81% 0.0935 0.0569)
OKLCH	oklch(60.81% 0.109 31.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.2489, 21.1894, 12.1042)
Luminance	0.2119 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB6859 #59ACBB

analogous

#BB597B #BB6859 #BB9959

triadic

#BB6859 #59BB68 #6859BB

tetradic

#BB6859 #7BBB59 #59ACBB #9959BB

square

#BB6859 #7BBB59 #59ACBB #9959BB

split-complementary

#BB6859 #59BB99 #597BBB

monochromatic

#6D362D #984C3E #BB6859 #CD8F84 #DFB7B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#BB6859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.24

#BB6859 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB6859

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB6859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB6859	1.00	4.01	5.24	5.24
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C7458

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908658

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB5B64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb6859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 104, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.109 31.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d39488',
    500: '#bb6859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb6859;
$custom-light: #d39488;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb6859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.184,
    "s": 41.88,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60814,
    "c": 0.10947,
    "h": 31.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB6859

secondary

#A3C6CD

accent

#BFD256

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FBF1EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150D0B

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB6859

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

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