#BB6E72#BB6E72

#BB6E72 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.098 H 16.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB6E72
RGB	rgb(187, 110, 114)
HSL	hsl(357, 36%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(357, 41%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.2%, 39%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.00, 30.97, 11.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.00, 32.88, 19.61°)
OKLab	oklab(62.4% 0.0937 0.0286)
OKLCH	oklch(62.4% 0.098 16.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.1081, 22.9340, 18.8100)
Luminance	0.2293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB6E72 #6EBBB7

analogous

#BB6E98 #BB6E72 #BB906E

triadic

#BB6E72 #72BB6E #6E72BB

tetradic

#BB6E72 #98BB6E #6EBBB7 #906EBB

square

#BB6E72 #98BB6E #6EBBB7 #906EBB

split-complementary

#BB6E72 #6EBB90 #6E98BB

monochromatic

#77383B #A14B50 #BB6E72 #CF989B #E2C1C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#BB6E72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#BB6E72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB6E72

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB6E72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB6E72	1.00	3.76	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D7A72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908971

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C96570

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb6e72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 110, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.098 16.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2999a',
    500: '#bb6e72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb6e72;
$custom-light: #d2999a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb6e72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.883,
    "s": 36.15,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62398,
    "c": 0.09799,
    "h": 16.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB6E72

secondary

#B3D2D0

accent

#CCC65C

background

#FDF9F9

surface

#FAF2F2

border

#D3CCCC

text

#140E0E

muted

#837E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB6E72

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

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