#BB7370#BB7370

#BB7370 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.092 H 22.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB7370
RGB	rgb(187, 115, 112)
HSL	hsl(2, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(2, 40%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.5%, 40.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.09, 28.01, 13.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.09, 31.18, 26.08°)
OKLab	oklab(63.21% 0.0846 0.0351)
OKLCH	oklch(63.21% 0.092 22.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.5503, 23.9985, 18.4019)
Luminance	0.2400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB7370 #70B8BB

analogous

#BB7092 #BB7370 #BB9870

triadic

#BB7370 #70BB73 #7370BB

tetradic

#BB7370 #92BB70 #70B8BB #9870BB

square

#BB7370 #92BB70 #70B8BB #9870BB

split-complementary

#BB7370 #70BB98 #7092BB

monochromatic

#783B39 #A1504D #BB7370 #CF9C99 #E2C4C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#BB7370 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#BB7370 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB7370

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB7370	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB7370	1.00	3.62	5.80	5.80
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#827E6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938C6F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C96A73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb7370;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 115, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.092 22.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d29c99',
    500: '#bb7370',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb7370;
$custom-light: #d29c99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb7370",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.4,
    "s": 35.545,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63211,
    "c": 0.09163,
    "h": 22.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB7370

secondary

#B5D1D2

accent

#C7CC5C

background

#FDF9F9

surface

#FAF2F2

border

#D3CCCC

text

#140E0D

muted

#837E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB7370

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

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