#BB6572#BB6572

#BB6572 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.111 H 11.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB6572
RGB	rgb(187, 101, 114)
HSL	hsl(351, 39%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(351, 46%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46%, 39%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.05, 35.81, 8.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.05, 36.75, 13.00°)
OKLab	oklab(60.91% 0.1086 0.0217)
OKLCH	oklch(60.91% 0.111 11.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.1859, 21.0896, 18.5026)
Luminance	0.2109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB6572 #65BBAE

analogous

#BB659D #BB6572 #BB8365

triadic

#BB6572 #72BB65 #6572BB

tetradic

#BB6572 #9DBB65 #65BBAE #8365BB

square

#BB6572 #9DBB65 #65BBAE #8365BB

split-complementary

#BB6572 #65BB83 #659DBB

monochromatic

#73333C #9D4553 #BB6572 #CE8F99 #E0BAC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#BB6572 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.22

#BB6572 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB6572

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB6572	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB6572	1.00	4.02	5.22	5.22
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#757472

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8570

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C95C6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb6572;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 101, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.111 11.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2939a',
    500: '#bb6572',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb6572;
$custom-light: #d2939a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb6572",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.93,
    "s": 38.739,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60908,
    "c": 0.11069,
    "h": 11.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB6572

secondary

#ACD0CA

accent

#CFBD59

background

#FDF9F9

surface

#FAF1F2

border

#D3CBCC

text

#140D0E

muted

#837E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB6572

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

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