#BB7274#BB7274

#BB7274 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.093 H 18.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB7274
RGB	rgb(187, 114, 116)
HSL	hsl(358, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(358, 39%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39%, 38%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.95, 29.03, 11.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.95, 31.11, 21.09°)
OKLab	oklab(63.14% 0.0879 0.029)
OKLCH	oklch(63.14% 0.093 18.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.6645, 23.8628, 19.5632)
Luminance	0.2386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB7274 #72BBB9

analogous

#BB7299 #BB7274 #BB9572

triadic

#BB7274 #74BB72 #7274BB

tetradic

#BB7274 #99BB72 #72BBB9 #9572BB

square

#BB7274 #99BB72 #72BBB9 #9572BB

split-complementary

#BB7274 #72BB95 #7299BB

monochromatic

#783A3C #A24E50 #BB7274 #CF9B9D #E3C5C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#BB7274 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.77

#BB7274 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB7274

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB7274	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB7274	1.00	3.64	5.77	5.77
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#807D74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928C73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C86A73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb7274;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 114, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.093 18.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d29b9c',
    500: '#bb7274',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb7274;
$custom-light: #d29b9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb7274",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.356,
    "s": 34.928,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63136,
    "c": 0.09255,
    "h": 18.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB7274

secondary

#B6D3D2

accent

#CBC85D

background

#FDF9F9

surface

#FAF2F2

border

#D3CCCC

text

#140E0E

muted

#837E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB7274

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

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