#BB6959#BB6959

#BB6959 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.108 H 32.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB6959
RGB	rgb(187, 105, 89)
HSL	hsl(10, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(10, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.9%, 52.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.38, 31.07, 23.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.38, 38.87, 36.94°)
OKLab	oklab(60.98% 0.0919 0.0575)
OKLCH	oklch(60.98% 0.108 32)
XYZ	xyz(27.3501, 21.3919, 12.1379)
Luminance	0.2139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB6959 #59ABBB

analogous

#BB597A #BB6959 #BB9A59

triadic

#BB6959 #59BB69 #6959BB

tetradic

#BB6959 #7ABB59 #59ABBB #9A59BB

square

#BB6959 #7ABB59 #59ABBB #9A59BB

split-complementary

#BB6959 #59BB9A #597ABB

monochromatic

#6D372D #984D3E #BB6959 #CD9084 #DFB7B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#BB6959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#BB6959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB6959

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB6959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB6959	1.00	3.98	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D7557

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918658

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB5C65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb6959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 105, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.108 32.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d39588',
    500: '#bb6959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb6959;
$custom-light: #d39588;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb6959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.796,
    "s": 41.88,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60982,
    "c": 0.10841,
    "h": 32
  },
  "luminance": 0.21389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB6959

secondary

#A3C6CD

accent

#BED256

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FBF2EF

border

#D4CCCA

text

#150D0B

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB6959

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

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