#BB6B57#BB6B57

#BB6B57 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.107 H 34.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB6B57
RGB	rgb(187, 107, 87)
HSL	hsl(12, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(12, 53%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.8%, 53.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.78, 29.80, 25.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.78, 38.93, 40.04°)
OKLab	oklab(61.28% 0.0878 0.0613)
OKLCH	oklch(61.28% 0.107 34.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.4734, 21.7710, 11.7703)
Luminance	0.2177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB6B57 #57A7BB

analogous

#BB5775 #BB6B57 #BB9D57

triadic

#BB6B57 #57BB6B #6B57BB

tetradic

#BB6B57 #75BB57 #57A7BB #9D57BB

square

#BB6B57 #75BB57 #57A7BB #9D57BB

split-complementary

#BB6B57 #57BB9D #5775BB

monochromatic

#6C392C #974F3D #BB6B57 #CD9183 #DEB8AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#BB6B57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#BB6B57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB6B57

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB6B57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB6B57	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)

#7F7655

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928756

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB5E66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb6b57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 107, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.107 34.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d39686',
    500: '#bb6b57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb6b57;
$custom-light: #d39686;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb6b57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12,
    "s": 42.373,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61283,
    "c": 0.10707,
    "h": 34.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB6B57

secondary

#A2C4CC

accent

#B9D256

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FBF2EF

border

#D4CCCA

text

#150D0B

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB6B57

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

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