#BB7874#BB7874

#BB7874 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.085 H 23.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB7874
RGB	rgb(187, 120, 116)
HSL	hsl(3, 34%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(3, 38%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.8%, 38%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.33, 25.73, 13.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.33, 28.88, 27.03°)
OKLab	oklab(64.19% 0.0779 0.0338)
OKLCH	oklch(64.19% 0.085 23.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.3636, 25.2610, 19.7963)
Luminance	0.2526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB7874 #74B7BB

analogous

#BB7494 #BB7874 #BB9C74

triadic

#BB7874 #74BB78 #7874BB

tetradic

#BB7874 #94BB74 #74B7BB #9C74BB

square

#BB7874 #94BB74 #74B7BB #9C74BB

split-complementary

#BB7874 #74BB9C #7494BB

monochromatic

#793F3B #A2544F #BB7874 #CFA09D #E3C8C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#BB7874 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#BB7874 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB7874

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB7874	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB7874	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)

#868273

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968F73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C87077

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb7874;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 120, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.085 23.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d19f9c',
    500: '#bb7874',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb7874;
$custom-light: #d19f9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb7874",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.38,
    "s": 34.3,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64194,
    "c": 0.0849,
    "h": 23.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB7874

secondary

#B8D2D3

accent

#C4CA5D

background

#FDF9F9

surface

#FAF2F2

border

#D3CCCC

text

#140E0E

muted

#837E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB7874

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

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