#BB7277#BB7277

#BB7277 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.093 H 15.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB7277
RGB	rgb(187, 114, 119)
HSL	hsl(356, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(356, 39%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39%, 36.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.02, 29.40, 9.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.02, 30.91, 18.00°)
OKLab	oklab(63.21% 0.0891 0.0249)
OKLCH	oklch(63.21% 0.093 15.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.8419, 23.9337, 20.4971)
Luminance	0.2393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB7277 #72BBB6

analogous

#BB729C #BB7277 #BB9272

triadic

#BB7277 #77BB72 #7277BB

tetradic

#BB7277 #9CBB72 #72BBB6 #9272BB

square

#BB7277 #9CBB72 #72BBB6 #9272BB

split-complementary

#BB7277 #72BB92 #729CBB

monochromatic

#783A3E #A24E54 #BB7277 #CF9B9F #E3C5C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#BB7277 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#BB7277 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB7277

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB7277	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB7277	1.00	3.63	5.79	5.79
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#807E77

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928C76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C86A74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb7277;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 114, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.093 15.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d29b9e',
    500: '#bb7277',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb7277;
$custom-light: #d29b9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb7277",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.89,
    "s": 34.928,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63214,
    "c": 0.09251,
    "h": 15.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB7277

secondary

#B6D3D1

accent

#CBC35D

background

#FDF9F9

surface

#FAF2F2

border

#D3CCCC

text

#140E0E

muted

#837E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB7277

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

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