#bb596c

Color #bb596c

A moderately saturated medium red.

Closest named color Pale Violet Red #db7093 · ΔE 13.41 Nearest Tailwind class pink-600 #e60076 · ΔE 10.9

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Conversions

HEX

#bb596c

RGB

rgb(187, 89, 108)

HSL

hsl(348.4, 41.9%, 54.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(348.4, 52.4%, 73.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 52.4%, 42.2%, 26.7%)

LAB

lab(50.45, 41.36, 8.15)

LCH

lch(50.45, 42.16, 11.15)

OKLCH

oklch(58.9%, 0.1273, 9.63)

HWB

hwb(348.4, 34.9%, 26.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#59bba8

Analogous

#bb599d

#bb596c

#bb7759

Triadic

#bb596c

#6cbb59

#596cbb

Split-complementary

#bb596c

#59bb77

#599dbb

Tetradic

#bb596c

#bba859

#59bba8

#596cbb

Square

#bb596c

#9dbb59

#59bba8

#7759bb

Shades

Color #bb596c mixed toward black.

#a34355

#833544

#622833

#411b22

#210d11

Tints

Color #bb596c mixed toward white.

#c67584

#d2909d

#ddacb5

#e8c8ce

#f4e3e6

Tones

Color #bb596c mixed toward gray.

#b36171

#ab6976

#a2717b

#9a7a80

#928285

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.41:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.76:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.76:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9a9a68 · ΔE 40.8

Deuteranopia

#9fa567 · ΔE 45.5

Tritanopia

#b86464 · ΔE 6.2

Achromatopsia

#787878 · ΔE 24.1

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #bb596c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bb596c]

Related colors

Crimson #dc143c

Pink #ffc0cb

Light Pink #ffb6c1

Pale Violet Red #db7093

Lavender Blush #fff0f5

Hot Pink #ff69b4

Frequently asked questions

#bb596c (#bb596c) is rgb(187, 89, 108) in RGB.

No, #bb596c is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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