#BB7972#BB7972

#BB7972 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.084 H 26.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB7972
RGB	rgb(187, 121, 114)
HSL	hsl(6, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(6, 39%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.3%, 39%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.52, 24.94, 14.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.52, 28.87, 30.25°)
OKLab	oklab(64.32% 0.0754 0.0372)
OKLCH	oklch(64.32% 0.084 26.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.3694, 25.4567, 19.2304)
Luminance	0.2545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB7972 #72B4BB

analogous

#BB7290 #BB7972 #BB9E72

triadic

#BB7972 #72BB79 #7972BB

tetradic

#BB7972 #90BB72 #72B4BB #9E72BB

square

#BB7972 #90BB72 #72B4BB #9E72BB

split-complementary

#BB7972 #72BB9E #7290BB

monochromatic

#78403A #A2564E #BB7972 #CFA09B #E3C7C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#BB7972 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#BB7972 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB7972

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB7972	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB7972	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)

#878271

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978F71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C87177

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb7972;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 121, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.084 26.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1a09a',
    500: '#bb7972',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb7972;
$custom-light: #d1a09a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb7972",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.753,
    "s": 34.928,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64324,
    "c": 0.0841,
    "h": 26.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB7972

secondary

#B6D0D3

accent

#C0CB5D

background

#FDF9F9

surface

#FAF2F2

border

#D3CCCC

text

#140F0E

muted

#837E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB7972

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

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