#BB7159#BB7159

#BB7159 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.101 H 38.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB7159
RGB	rgb(187, 113, 89)
HSL	hsl(15, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(15, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.6%, 52.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.17, 26.71, 25.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.17, 37.08, 43.91°)
OKLab	oklab(62.36% 0.0786 0.063)
OKLCH	oklch(62.36% 0.101 38.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.2036, 23.0989, 12.4224)
Luminance	0.2310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB7159 #59A3BB

analogous

#BB5972 #BB7159 #BBA259

triadic

#BB7159 #59BB71 #7159BB

tetradic

#BB7159 #72BB59 #59A3BB #A259BB

square

#BB7159 #72BB59 #59A3BB #A259BB

split-complementary

#BB7159 #59BBA2 #5972BB

monochromatic

#6D3C2D #98543E #BB7159 #CD9684 #DFBBB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#BB7159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.62

#BB7159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB7159

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB7159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB7159	1.00	3.74	5.62	5.62
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#847B57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958A58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA656B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb7159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 113, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.101 38.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d39a88',
    500: '#bb7159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb7159;
$custom-light: #d39a88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb7159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 113,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.694,
    "s": 41.88,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62362,
    "c": 0.10071,
    "h": 38.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB7159

secondary

#A3C3CD

accent

#B3D256

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FAF2EF

border

#D3CCCA

text

#150E0B

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB7159

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

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