#BB7970#BB7970

#BB7970 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.085 H 28.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB7970
RGB	rgb(187, 121, 112)
HSL	hsl(7, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(7, 40%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.3%, 40.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.47, 24.70, 15.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.47, 29.23, 32.33°)
OKLab	oklab(64.28% 0.0746 0.0398)
OKLCH	oklch(64.28% 0.085 28.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.2569, 25.4117, 18.6375)
Luminance	0.2541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB7970 #70B2BB

analogous

#BB708C #BB7970 #BB9E70

triadic

#BB7970 #70BB79 #7970BB

tetradic

#BB7970 #8CBB70 #70B2BB #9E70BB

square

#BB7970 #8CBB70 #70B2BB #9E70BB

split-complementary

#BB7970 #70BB9E #708CBB

monochromatic

#784039 #A1574D #BB7970 #CFA099 #E2C7C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#BB7970 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08

#BB7970 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB7970

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB7970	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB7970	1.00	3.45	6.08	6.08
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87826F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978F6F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C87077

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb7970;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 121, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.085 28.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a099',
    500: '#bb7970',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb7970;
$custom-light: #d2a099;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb7970",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.2,
    "s": 35.545,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64277,
    "c": 0.08458,
    "h": 28.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB7970

secondary

#B5CFD2

accent

#BECC5C

background

#FDF9F9

surface

#FAF2F2

border

#D3CCCC

text

#140F0D

muted

#837E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB7970

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

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