#BB7470#BB7470

#BB7470 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.090 H 23.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB7470
RGB	rgb(187, 116, 112)
HSL	hsl(3, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(3, 40%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38%, 40.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.32, 27.46, 14.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.32, 30.83, 27.06°)
OKLab	oklab(63.39% 0.083 0.0359)
OKLCH	oklch(63.39% 0.09 23.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.6649, 24.2278, 18.4401)
Luminance	0.2422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB7470 #70B7BB

analogous

#BB7091 #BB7470 #BB9970

triadic

#BB7470 #70BB74 #7470BB

tetradic

#BB7470 #91BB70 #70B7BB #9970BB

square

#BB7470 #91BB70 #70B7BB #9970BB

split-complementary

#BB7470 #70BB99 #7091BB

monochromatic

#783C39 #A1514D #BB7470 #CF9C99 #E2C5C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#BB7470 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#BB7470 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB7470

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB7470	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB7470	1.00	3.59	5.85	5.85
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#837E6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948D6F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C96B73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb7470;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 116, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.090 23.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d29d99',
    500: '#bb7470',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb7470;
$custom-light: #d29d99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb7470",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.2,
    "s": 35.545,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63386,
    "c": 0.09039,
    "h": 23.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB7470

secondary

#B5D1D2

accent

#C6CC5C

background

#FDF9F9

surface

#FAF2F2

border

#D3CCCC

text

#140E0D

muted

#837E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB7470

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

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