#BB7870#BB7870

#BB7870 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.086 H 27.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB7870
RGB	rgb(187, 120, 112)
HSL	hsl(6, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(6, 40%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.8%, 40.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.24, 25.25, 15.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.24, 29.53, 31.23°)
OKLab	oklab(64.1% 0.0763 0.0391)
OKLCH	oklch(64.1% 0.086 27.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.1360, 25.1699, 18.5972)
Luminance	0.2517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB7870 #70B3BB

analogous

#BB708D #BB7870 #BB9D70

triadic

#BB7870 #70BB78 #7870BB

tetradic

#BB7870 #8DBB70 #70B3BB #9D70BB

square

#BB7870 #8DBB70 #70B3BB #9D70BB

split-complementary

#BB7870 #70BB9D #708DBB

monochromatic

#784039 #A1564D #BB7870 #CF9F99 #E2C6C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#BB7870 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.03

#BB7870 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB7870

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB7870	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB7870	1.00	3.48	6.03	6.03
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86816F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978F6F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C86F76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb7870;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 120, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.086 27.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d29f99',
    500: '#bb7870',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb7870;
$custom-light: #d29f99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb7870",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.4,
    "s": 35.545,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64097,
    "c": 0.08569,
    "h": 27.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB7870

secondary

#B5CFD2

accent

#C0CC5C

background

#FDF9F9

surface

#FAF2F2

border

#D3CCCC

text

#140E0D

muted

#837E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB7870

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

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