#BB6957#BB6957

#BB6957 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.109 H 33.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB6957
RGB	rgb(187, 105, 87)
HSL	hsl(11, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(11, 53%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.9%, 53.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.34, 30.89, 24.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.34, 39.40, 38.38°)
OKLab	oklab(60.94% 0.0911 0.06)
OKLCH	oklch(60.94% 0.109 33.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.2673, 21.3588, 11.7016)
Luminance	0.2136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB6957 #57A9BB

analogous

#BB5777 #BB6957 #BB9B57

triadic

#BB6957 #57BB69 #6957BB

tetradic

#BB6957 #77BB57 #57A9BB #9B57BB

square

#BB6957 #77BB57 #57A9BB #9B57BB

split-complementary

#BB6957 #57BB9B #5777BB

monochromatic

#6C372C #974E3D #BB6957 #CD9083 #DEB7AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#BB6957 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.27

#BB6957 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB6957

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB6957	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB6957	1.00	3.98	5.27	5.27
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D7555

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918656

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB5C65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb6957;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 105, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.109 33.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d39586',
    500: '#bb6957',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb6957;
$custom-light: #d39586;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb6957",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.8,
    "s": 42.373,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60943,
    "c": 0.10907,
    "h": 33.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB6957

secondary

#A2C5CC

accent

#BCD256

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FBF2EF

border

#D4CCCA

text

#150D0B

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB6957

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

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