#BB6656#BB6656

#BB6656 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.113 H 31.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB6656
RGB	rgb(187, 102, 86)
HSL	hsl(10, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(10, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.5%, 54%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.67, 32.41, 24.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.67, 40.42, 36.70°)
OKLab	oklab(60.42% 0.0956 0.0592)
OKLCH	oklch(60.42% 0.113 31.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.9265, 20.7422, 11.3879)
Luminance	0.2074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB6656 #56ABBB

analogous

#BB5678 #BB6656 #BB9856

triadic

#BB6656 #56BB66 #6656BB

tetradic

#BB6656 #78BB56 #56ABBB #9856BB

square

#BB6656 #78BB56 #56ABBB #9856BB

split-complementary

#BB6656 #56BB98 #5678BB

monochromatic

#6B352B #974B3D #BB6656 #CD8E82 #DEB5AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#BB6656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#BB6656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB6656

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB6656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB6656	1.00	4.08	5.15	5.15
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B7354

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8555

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB5862

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb6656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 102, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.113 31.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d39385',
    500: '#bb6656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb6656;
$custom-light: #d39385;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb6656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 102,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.505,
    "s": 42.616,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60422,
    "c": 0.1125,
    "h": 31.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB6656

secondary

#A1C5CC

accent

#BFD255

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FBF1EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150D0B

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB6656

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

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