#BB7565#BB7565

#BB7565 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.092 H 33.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB7565
RGB	rgb(187, 117, 101)
HSL	hsl(11, 39%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(11, 46%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.4%, 46%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.32, 25.69, 20.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.32, 32.79, 38.41°)
OKLab	oklab(63.31% 0.0768 0.051)
OKLCH	oklch(63.31% 0.092 33.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.2053, 24.2294, 15.4480)
Luminance	0.2423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB7565 #65ABBB

analogous

#BB6580 #BB7565 #BBA065

triadic

#BB7565 #65BB75 #7565BB

tetradic

#BB7565 #80BB65 #65ABBB #A065BB

square

#BB7565 #80BB65 #65ABBB #A065BB

split-complementary

#BB7565 #65BBA0 #6580BB

monochromatic

#733F33 #9D5645 #BB7565 #CE9B8F #E0C1BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#BB7565 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#BB7565 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB7565

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB7565	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB7565	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)

#857E64

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968D64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C96B71

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb7565;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 117, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.092 33.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d29d91',
    500: '#bb7565',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb7565;
$custom-light: #d29d91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb7565",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.163,
    "s": 38.739,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63312,
    "c": 0.09217,
    "h": 33.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB7565

secondary

#ACC9D0

accent

#B9CF59

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FAF2F0

border

#D3CCCB

text

#140E0C

muted

#837E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB7565

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

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