#BB7873#BB7873

#BB7873 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.085 H 24.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB7873
RGB	rgb(187, 120, 115)
HSL	hsl(4, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(4, 39%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.8%, 38.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.31, 25.61, 13.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.31, 29.03, 28.10°)
OKLab	oklab(64.17% 0.0775 0.0351)
OKLCH	oklch(64.17% 0.085 24.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.3058, 25.2378, 19.4916)
Luminance	0.2524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB7873 #73B6BB

analogous

#BB7392 #BB7873 #BB9C73

triadic

#BB7873 #73BB78 #7873BB

tetradic

#BB7873 #92BB73 #73B6BB #9C73BB

square

#BB7873 #92BB73 #73B6BB #9C73BB

split-complementary

#BB7873 #73BB9C #7392BB

monochromatic

#793F3B #A2554F #BB7873 #CFA09C #E3C7C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#BB7873 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#BB7873 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB7873

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB7873	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB7873	1.00	3.47	6.05	6.05
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#868272

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968F72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C87077

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb7873;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 120, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.085 24.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d19f9b',
    500: '#bb7873',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb7873;
$custom-light: #d19f9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb7873",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.167,
    "s": 34.615,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64169,
    "c": 0.08506,
    "h": 24.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB7873

secondary

#B7D1D3

accent

#C3CB5D

background

#FDF9F9

surface

#FAF2F2

border

#D3CCCC

text

#140E0E

muted

#837E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB7873

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

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