#BB7971#BB7971

#BB7971 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.084 H 27.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB7971
RGB	rgb(187, 121, 113)
HSL	hsl(6, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(6, 40%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.3%, 39.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.50, 24.82, 15.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.50, 29.05, 31.30°)
OKLab	oklab(64.3% 0.075 0.0385)
OKLCH	oklch(64.3% 0.084 27.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.3128, 25.4341, 18.9323)
Luminance	0.2543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB7971 #71B3BB

analogous

#BB718E #BB7971 #BB9E71

triadic

#BB7971 #71BB79 #7971BB

tetradic

#BB7971 #8EBB71 #71B3BB #9E71BB

square

#BB7971 #8EBB71 #71B3BB #9E71BB

split-complementary

#BB7971 #71BB9E #718EBB

monochromatic

#78403A #A1564D #BB7971 #CFA09A #E3C7C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#BB7971 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#BB7971 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB7971

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB7971	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB7971	1.00	3.45	6.09	6.09
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#878270

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978F70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C87077

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb7971;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 121, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.084 27.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a099',
    500: '#bb7971',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb7971;
$custom-light: #d2a099;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb7971",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.486,
    "s": 35.238,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.643,
    "c": 0.08433,
    "h": 27.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB7971

secondary

#B5CFD2

accent

#BFCB5D

background

#FDF9F9

surface

#FAF2F2

border

#D3CCCC

text

#140F0E

muted

#837E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB7971

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

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