#BB7170#BB7170

#BB7170 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.094 H 20.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB7170
RGB	rgb(187, 113, 112)
HSL	hsl(1, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(1, 40%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.6%, 40.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.63, 29.10, 13.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.63, 31.90, 24.20°)
OKLab	oklab(62.86% 0.088 0.0336)
OKLCH	oklch(62.86% 0.094 20.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.3247, 23.5473, 18.3267)
Luminance	0.2354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB7170 #70BABB

analogous

#BB7094 #BB7170 #BB9670

triadic

#BB7170 #70BB71 #7170BB

tetradic

#BB7170 #94BB70 #70BABB #9670BB

square

#BB7170 #94BB70 #70BABB #9670BB

split-complementary

#BB7170 #70BB96 #7094BB

monochromatic

#783A39 #A14E4D #BB7170 #CF9A99 #E2C3C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#BB7170 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#BB7170 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB7170

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB7170	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB7170	1.00	3.68	5.71	5.71
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#807C70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928B6F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C96871

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb7170;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 113, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.094 20.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d29b99',
    500: '#bb7170',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb7170;
$custom-light: #d29b99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb7170",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 113,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.8,
    "s": 35.545,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62862,
    "c": 0.09415,
    "h": 20.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB7170

secondary

#B5D2D2

accent

#CACC5C

background

#FDF9F9

surface

#FAF2F2

border

#D3CCCC

text

#140E0D

muted

#837E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB7170

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

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