#BB6972#BB6972

#BB6972 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.105 H 13.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB6972
RGB	rgb(187, 105, 114)
HSL	hsl(353, 38%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(353, 44%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.9%, 39%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.91, 33.67, 9.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.91, 34.98, 15.73°)
OKLab	oklab(61.56% 0.102 0.0247)
OKLCH	oklch(61.56% 0.105 13.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.5838, 21.8854, 18.6352)
Luminance	0.2188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB6972 #69BBB2

analogous

#BB699B #BB6972 #BB8969

triadic

#BB6972 #72BB69 #6972BB

tetradic

#BB6972 #9BBB69 #69BBB2 #8969BB

square

#BB6972 #9BBB69 #69BBB2 #8969BB

split-complementary

#BB6972 #69BB89 #699BBB

monochromatic

#75353C #9F4852 #BB6972 #CE939A #E1BDC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#BB6972 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#BB6972 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB6972

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB6972	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB6972	1.00	3.91	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#797772

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8770

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9606C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb6972;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 105, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.105 13.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2959a',
    500: '#bb6972',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb6972;
$custom-light: #d2959a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb6972",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.415,
    "s": 37.615,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6156,
    "c": 0.10495,
    "h": 13.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB6972

secondary

#AFD1CD

accent

#CEC15A

background

#FDF9F9

surface

#FAF2F2

border

#D3CCCC

text

#140D0E

muted

#837E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB6972

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

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