#BB6172#BB6172

#BB6172 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.117 H 9.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB6172
RGB	rgb(187, 97, 114)
HSL	hsl(349, 40%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(349, 48%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.1%, 39%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.21, 37.92, 7.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.21, 38.57, 10.57°)
OKLab	oklab(60.27% 0.115 0.0187)
OKLCH	oklch(60.27% 0.117 9.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.8069, 20.3317, 18.3763)
Luminance	0.2033 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB6172 #61BBAA

analogous

#BB619F #BB6172 #BB7D61

triadic

#BB6172 #72BB61 #6172BB

tetradic

#BB6172 #9FBB61 #61BBAA #7D61BB

square

#BB6172 #9FBB61 #61BBAA #7D61BB

split-complementary

#BB6172 #61BB7D #619FBB

monochromatic

#71313D #9C4354 #BB6172 #CD8C98 #E0B7BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#BB6172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.07

#BB6172 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB6172

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB6172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB6172	1.00	4.15	5.07	5.07
#FFFFFF	4.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#727272

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888370

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C95867

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb6172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 97, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.117 9.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2909a',
    500: '#bb6172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb6172;
$custom-light: #d2909a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb6172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.667,
    "s": 39.823,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60273,
    "c": 0.11655,
    "h": 9.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB6172

secondary

#A9CFC8

accent

#D0B958

background

#FDF9F9

surface

#FAF1F2

border

#D3CBCC

text

#140D0E

muted

#837E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB6172

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

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