#BB6B59#BB6B59

#BB6B59 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.106 H 33.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB6B59
RGB	rgb(187, 107, 89)
HSL	hsl(11, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(11, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.8%, 52.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.82, 29.98, 23.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.82, 38.37, 38.61°)
OKLab	oklab(61.32% 0.0886 0.0589)
OKLCH	oklch(61.32% 0.106 33.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.5562, 21.8041, 12.2066)
Luminance	0.2180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB6B59 #59A9BB

analogous

#BB5978 #BB6B59 #BB9C59

triadic

#BB6B59 #59BB6B #6B59BB

tetradic

#BB6B59 #78BB59 #59A9BB #9C59BB

square

#BB6B59 #78BB59 #59A9BB #9C59BB

split-complementary

#BB6B59 #59BB9C #5978BB

monochromatic

#6D382D #984F3E #BB6B59 #CD9284 #DFB8B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#BB6B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#BB6B59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB6B59

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB6B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB6B59	1.00	3.92	5.36	5.36
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E7657

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928758

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB5E67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb6b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 107, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.106 33.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d39688',
    500: '#bb6b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb6b59;
$custom-light: #d39688;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb6b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.02,
    "s": 41.88,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61321,
    "c": 0.10637,
    "h": 33.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB6B59

secondary

#A3C5CD

accent

#BBD256

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FAF2EF

border

#D3CCCA

text

#150D0B

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB6B59

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

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