#BB7572#BB7572

#BB7572 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.089 H 22.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB7572
RGB	rgb(187, 117, 114)
HSL	hsl(2, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(2, 39%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.4%, 39%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.59, 27.14, 13.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.59, 30.20, 26.02°)
OKLab	oklab(63.61% 0.0821 0.034)
OKLCH	oklch(63.61% 0.089 22.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.8934, 24.5046, 19.0718)
Luminance	0.2450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB7572 #72B8BB

analogous

#BB7294 #BB7572 #BB9A72

triadic

#BB7572 #72BB75 #7572BB

tetradic

#BB7572 #94BB72 #72B8BB #9A72BB

square

#BB7572 #94BB72 #72B8BB #9A72BB

split-complementary

#BB7572 #72BB9A #7294BB

monochromatic

#783D3A #A2514E #BB7572 #CF9D9B #E3C6C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#BB7572 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.90

#BB7572 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB7572

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB7572	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB7572	1.00	3.56	5.90	5.90
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#837F71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948D71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C86D75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb7572;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 117, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.089 22.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d29d9a',
    500: '#bb7572',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb7572;
$custom-light: #d29d9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb7572",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.466,
    "s": 34.928,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63611,
    "c": 0.08887,
    "h": 22.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB7572

secondary

#B6D2D3

accent

#C6CB5D

background

#FDF9F9

surface

#FAF2F2

border

#D3CCCC

text

#140E0E

muted

#837E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB7572

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →