#BB6970#BB6970

#BB6970 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.105 H 15.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB6970
RGB	rgb(187, 105, 112)
HSL	hsl(355, 38%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(355, 44%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.9%, 40.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.86, 33.44, 10.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.86, 35.08, 17.57°)
OKLab	oklab(61.51% 0.1012 0.0274)
OKLCH	oklch(61.51% 0.105 15.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.4712, 21.8403, 18.0422)
Luminance	0.2184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB6970 #69BBB4

analogous

#BB6999 #BB6970 #BB8B69

triadic

#BB6970 #70BB69 #6970BB

tetradic

#BB6970 #99BB69 #69BBB4 #8B69BB

square

#BB6970 #99BB69 #69BBB4 #8B69BB

split-complementary

#BB6970 #69BB8B #6999BB

monochromatic

#75353A #9F484F #BB6970 #CE9398 #E1BDC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#BB6970 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#BB6970 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB6970

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB6970	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB6970	1.00	3.91	5.37	5.37
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#797770

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D876E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9606C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb6970;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 105, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.105 15.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d29599',
    500: '#bb6970',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb6970;
$custom-light: #d29599;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb6970",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.878,
    "s": 37.615,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61507,
    "c": 0.10486,
    "h": 15.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB6970

secondary

#AFD1CE

accent

#CEC45A

background

#FDF9F9

surface

#FAF2F2

border

#D3CCCC

text

#140D0D

muted

#837E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB6970

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

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