#BB7772#BB7772

#BB7772 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.086 H 24.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#BB7772
RGBrgb(187, 119, 114)
HSLhsl(4, 35%, 59%)
HSVhsv(4, 39%, 73%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 36.4%, 39%, 26.7%)
CIE-LABlab(57.05, 26.04, 13.90)
CIE-LCHlch(57.05, 29.52, 28.08°)
OKLaboklab(63.97% 0.0788 0.0356)
OKLCHoklch(63.97% 0.086 24.3)
XYZxyz(30.1289, 24.9757, 19.1503)
Luminance0.2497 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#BB7772 #72B6BB
analogous
#BB7292 #BB7772 #BB9C72
triadic
#BB7772 #72BB77 #7772BB
tetradic
#BB7772 #92BB72 #72B6BB #9C72BB
square
#BB7772 #92BB72 #72B6BB #9C72BB
split-complementary
#BB7772 #72BB9C #7292BB
monochromatic
#783E3A #A2544E #BB7772 #CF9F9B #E3C7C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50
#BB7772 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.99
#BB7772 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB7772
5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##BB7772#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##BB77721.003.505.995.99
#FFFFFF3.501.0021.0021.00
#0000005.9921.001.001.00
##0000005.9921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#858171
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#968E71
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C86F76
Achromatopsia (no color)
#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #bb7772;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 119, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.086 24.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d29f9a',
    500: '#bb7772',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #bb7772;
$custom-light: #d29f9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#bb7772",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 119,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.11,
    "s": 34.928,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63966,
    "c": 0.08644,
    "h": 24.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#BB7772
secondary
#B6D1D3
accent
#C3CB5D
background
#FDF9F9
surface
#FAF2F2
border
#D3CCCC
text
#140E0E
muted
#837E7E

Preview Lab

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#BB7772 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva