#BB7770#BB7770

#BB7770 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.087 H 26.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB7770
RGB	rgb(187, 119, 112)
HSL	hsl(6, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(6, 40%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.4%, 40.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.01, 25.81, 14.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.01, 29.84, 30.15°)
OKLab	oklab(63.92% 0.0779 0.0383)
OKLCH	oklch(63.92% 0.087 26.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.0163, 24.9306, 18.5573)
Luminance	0.2493 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB7770 #70B4BB

analogous

#BB708E #BB7770 #BB9C70

triadic

#BB7770 #70BB77 #7770BB

tetradic

#BB7770 #8EBB70 #70B4BB #9C70BB

square

#BB7770 #8EBB70 #70B4BB #9C70BB

split-complementary

#BB7770 #70BB9C #708EBB

monochromatic

#783F39 #A1554D #BB7770 #CF9E99 #E2C6C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#BB7770 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.99

#BB7770 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB7770

5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB7770	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB7770	1.00	3.51	5.99	5.99
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86816F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968E6F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C86E75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb7770;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 119, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.087 26.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d29f99',
    500: '#bb7770',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb7770;
$custom-light: #d29f99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb7770",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 119,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.6,
    "s": 35.545,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63918,
    "c": 0.08683,
    "h": 26.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB7770

secondary

#B5CFD2

accent

#C1CC5C

background

#FDF9F9

surface

#FAF2F2

border

#D3CCCC

text

#140E0D

muted

#837E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB7770

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

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