#BB7265#BB7265

#BB7265 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.095 H 30.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB7265
RGB	rgb(187, 114, 101)
HSL	hsl(9, 39%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(9, 46%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39%, 46%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.63, 27.34, 19.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.63, 33.55, 35.42°)
OKLab	oklab(62.78% 0.0818 0.0488)
OKLCH	oklch(62.78% 0.095 30.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.8614, 23.5415, 15.3333)
Luminance	0.2354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB7265 #65AEBB

analogous

#BB6583 #BB7265 #BB9D65

triadic

#BB7265 #65BB72 #7265BB

tetradic

#BB7265 #83BB65 #65AEBB #9D65BB

square

#BB7265 #83BB65 #65AEBB #9D65BB

split-complementary

#BB7265 #65BB9D #6583BB

monochromatic

#733C33 #9D5345 #BB7265 #CE998F #E0C0BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#BB7265 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#BB7265 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB7265

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB7265	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB7265	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)

#837C64

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948B64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA676F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb7265;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 114, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.095 30.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d29b91',
    500: '#bb7265',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb7265;
$custom-light: #d29b91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb7265",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.07,
    "s": 38.739,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62781,
    "c": 0.09524,
    "h": 30.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB7265

secondary

#ACCAD0

accent

#BDCF59

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FAF2F0

border

#D3CCCB

text

#140E0C

muted

#837E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB7265

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

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