#BB7573#BB7573

#BB7573 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.089 H 21.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB7573
RGB	rgb(187, 117, 115)
HSL	hsl(2, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(2, 39%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.4%, 38.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.61, 27.26, 12.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.61, 30.08, 24.99°)
OKLab	oklab(63.64% 0.0825 0.0327)
OKLCH	oklch(63.64% 0.089 21.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.9506, 24.5275, 19.3732)
Luminance	0.2452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB7573 #73B9BB

analogous

#BB7395 #BB7573 #BB9973

triadic

#BB7573 #73BB75 #7573BB

tetradic

#BB7573 #95BB73 #73B9BB #9973BB

square

#BB7573 #95BB73 #73B9BB #9973BB

split-complementary

#BB7573 #73BB99 #7395BB

monochromatic

#793C3B #A2514F #BB7573 #CF9E9C #E3C6C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#BB7573 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.91

#BB7573 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB7573

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB7573	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB7573	1.00	3.56	5.91	5.91
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#837F73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948D72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C86D75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb7573;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 117, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.089 21.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d29d9b',
    500: '#bb7573',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb7573;
$custom-light: #d29d9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb7573",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.667,
    "s": 34.615,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63636,
    "c": 0.08874,
    "h": 21.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB7573

secondary

#B7D2D3

accent

#C8CB5D

background

#FDF9F9

surface

#FAF2F2

border

#D3CCCC

text

#140E0E

muted

#837E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB7573

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

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