#BB7974#BB7974

#BB7974 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.084 H 24.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB7974
RGB	rgb(187, 121, 116)
HSL	hsl(4, 34%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(4, 38%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.3%, 38%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.56, 25.18, 13.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.56, 28.55, 28.12°)
OKLab	oklab(64.37% 0.0762 0.0346)
OKLCH	oklch(64.37% 0.084 24.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.4845, 25.5028, 19.8366)
Luminance	0.2550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB7974 #74B6BB

analogous

#BB7493 #BB7974 #BB9D74

triadic

#BB7974 #74BB79 #7974BB

tetradic

#BB7974 #93BB74 #74B6BB #9D74BB

square

#BB7974 #93BB74 #74B6BB #9D74BB

split-complementary

#BB7974 #74BB9D #7493BB

monochromatic

#79403B #A2554F #BB7974 #CFA19D #E3C8C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#BB7974 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#BB7974 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB7974

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB7974	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB7974	1.00	3.44	6.10	6.10
#FFFFFF	3.44	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)

#878273

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978F73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C87178

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb7974;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 121, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.084 24.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1a09c',
    500: '#bb7974',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb7974;
$custom-light: #d1a09c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb7974",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.225,
    "s": 34.3,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64373,
    "c": 0.0837,
    "h": 24.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB7974

secondary

#B8D1D3

accent

#C3CA5D

background

#FDF9F9

surface

#FAF2F2

border

#D3CCCC

text

#140F0E

muted

#837E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB7974

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

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