#BB6B56#BB6B56

#BB6B56 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.107 H 35.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB6B56
RGB	rgb(187, 107, 86)
HSL	hsl(12, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(12, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.8%, 54%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.77, 29.72, 25.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.77, 39.22, 40.74°)
OKLab	oklab(61.26% 0.0874 0.0625)
OKLCH	oklch(61.26% 0.107 35.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.4328, 21.7548, 11.5566)
Luminance	0.2175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB6B56 #56A6BB

analogous

#BB5673 #BB6B56 #BB9D56

triadic

#BB6B56 #56BB6B #6B56BB

tetradic

#BB6B56 #73BB56 #56A6BB #9D56BB

square

#BB6B56 #73BB56 #56A6BB #9D56BB

split-complementary

#BB6B56 #56BB9D #5673BB

monochromatic

#6B392B #97503D #BB6B56 #CD9182 #DEB7AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#BB6B56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#BB6B56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB6B56

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB6B56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB6B56	1.00	3.92	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F7654

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928755

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB5E66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb6b56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 107, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.107 35.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d39686',
    500: '#bb6b56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb6b56;
$custom-light: #d39686;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb6b56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.475,
    "s": 42.616,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61264,
    "c": 0.10743,
    "h": 35.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB6B56

secondary

#A1C3CC

accent

#B8D255

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FBF2EF

border

#D4CCCA

text

#150D0B

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB6B56

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

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