#BB7973#BB7973

#BB7973 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.084 H 25.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB7973
RGB	rgb(187, 121, 115)
HSL	hsl(5, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(5, 39%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.3%, 38.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.54, 25.06, 14.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.54, 28.70, 29.19°)
OKLab	oklab(64.35% 0.0758 0.0359)
OKLCH	oklch(64.35% 0.084 25.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.4267, 25.4796, 19.5319)
Luminance	0.2548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB7973 #73B5BB

analogous

#BB7391 #BB7973 #BB9D73

triadic

#BB7973 #73BB79 #7973BB

tetradic

#BB7973 #91BB73 #73B5BB #9D73BB

square

#BB7973 #91BB73 #73B5BB #9D73BB

split-complementary

#BB7973 #73BB9D #7391BB

monochromatic

#79403B #A2564F #BB7973 #CFA09C #E3C8C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#BB7973 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#BB7973 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB7973

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB7973	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB7973	1.00	3.45	6.10	6.10
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#878272

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978F72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C87178

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb7973;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 121, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.084 25.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1a09b',
    500: '#bb7973',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb7973;
$custom-light: #d1a09b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb7973",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5,
    "s": 34.615,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64349,
    "c": 0.08389,
    "h": 25.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB7973

secondary

#B7D1D3

accent

#C2CB5D

background

#FDF9F9

surface

#FAF2F2

border

#D3CCCC

text

#140F0E

muted

#837E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB7973

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

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