#BB7766#BB7766

#BB7766 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.090 H 34.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB7766
RGB	rgb(187, 119, 102)
HSL	hsl(12, 38%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(12, 45%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.4%, 45.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.80, 24.69, 20.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.80, 32.06, 39.64°)
OKLab	oklab(63.69% 0.0738 0.0512)
OKLCH	oklch(63.69% 0.09 34.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.4901, 24.7202, 15.7861)
Luminance	0.2472 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB7766 #66AABB

analogous

#BB6680 #BB7766 #BBA266

triadic

#BB7766 #66BB77 #7766BB

tetradic

#BB7766 #80BB66 #66AABB #A266BB

square

#BB7766 #80BB66 #66AABB #A266BB

split-complementary

#BB7766 #66BBA2 #6680BB

monochromatic

#734033 #9E5846 #BB7766 #CE9D90 #E1C2BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#BB7766 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.94

#BB7766 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB7766

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB7766	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB7766	1.00	3.53	5.94	5.94
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#878065

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978E65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C96D73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb7766;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 119, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.090 34.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d29f91',
    500: '#bb7766',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb7766;
$custom-light: #d29f91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb7766",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 119,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12,
    "s": 38.462,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63692,
    "c": 0.08987,
    "h": 34.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB7766

secondary

#ADC9D0

accent

#B7CE59

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FAF2F0

border

#D3CCCB

text

#140E0D

muted

#837E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB7766

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

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