#BB7173#BB7173

#BB7173 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.094 H 18.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB7173
RGB	rgb(187, 113, 115)
HSL	hsl(358, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(358, 40%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.6%, 38.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.70, 29.46, 11.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.70, 31.59, 21.20°)
OKLab	oklab(62.94% 0.0892 0.0295)
OKLCH	oklch(62.94% 0.094 18.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.4945, 23.6153, 19.2211)
Luminance	0.2361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB7173 #71BBB9

analogous

#BB7198 #BB7173 #BB9471

triadic

#BB7173 #73BB71 #7173BB

tetradic

#BB7173 #98BB71 #71BBB9 #9471BB

square

#BB7173 #98BB71 #71BBB9 #9471BB

split-complementary

#BB7173 #71BB94 #7198BB

monochromatic

#783A3B #A14D50 #BB7173 #CF9A9C #E3C4C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#BB7173 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#BB7173 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB7173

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB7173	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB7173	1.00	3.67	5.72	5.72
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#807D73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928B72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C86972

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb7173;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 113, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.094 18.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d29b9b',
    500: '#bb7173',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb7173;
$custom-light: #d29b9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb7173",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 113,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.378,
    "s": 35.238,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62938,
    "c": 0.09393,
    "h": 18.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB7173

secondary

#B5D2D2

accent

#CBC85D

background

#FDF9F9

surface

#FAF2F2

border

#D3CCCC

text

#140E0E

muted

#837E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB7173

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

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