#BB6E62#BB6E62

#BB6E62 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.100 H 29.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB6E62
RGB	rgb(187, 110, 98)
HSL	hsl(8, 40%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(8, 48%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.2%, 47.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.66, 29.22, 19.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.66, 35.33, 34.22°)
OKLab	oklab(62.02% 0.0872 0.0497)
OKLCH	oklch(62.02% 0.1 29.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.2757, 22.6011, 14.4262)
Luminance	0.2260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB6E62 #62AFBB

analogous

#BB6282 #BB6E62 #BB9A62

triadic

#BB6E62 #62BB6E #6E62BB

tetradic

#BB6E62 #82BB62 #62AFBB #9A62BB

square

#BB6E62 #82BB62 #62AFBB #9A62BB

split-complementary

#BB6E62 #62BB9A #6282BB

monochromatic

#713A31 #9C5044 #BB6E62 #CD958D #E0BDB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#BB6E62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#BB6E62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB6E62

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB6E62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB6E62	1.00	3.80	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#807961

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928961

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA636B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb6e62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 110, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.100 29.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3988e',
    500: '#bb6e62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb6e62;
$custom-light: #d3988e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb6e62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.09,
    "s": 39.556,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62021,
    "c": 0.10041,
    "h": 29.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB6E62

secondary

#AACACF

accent

#BFCF58

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FAF2F0

border

#D3CCCB

text

#140E0C

muted

#837E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB6E62

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

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