#BB7975#BB7975

#BB7975 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.084 H 23.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB7975
RGB	rgb(187, 121, 117)
HSL	hsl(3, 34%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(3, 37%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.3%, 37.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.58, 25.30, 12.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.58, 28.40, 27.03°)
OKLab	oklab(64.4% 0.0766 0.0332)
OKLCH	oklch(64.4% 0.084 23.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.5430, 25.5262, 20.1445)
Luminance	0.2552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB7975 #75B7BB

analogous

#BB7594 #BB7975 #BB9C75

triadic

#BB7975 #75BB79 #7975BB

tetradic

#BB7975 #94BB75 #75B7BB #9C75BB

square

#BB7975 #94BB75 #75B7BB #9C75BB

split-complementary

#BB7975 #75BB9C #7594BB

monochromatic

#7A3F3C #A35550 #BB7975 #CFA19E #E3C9C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#BB7975 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#BB7975 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB7975

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB7975	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB7975	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)

#878274

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968F74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C87178

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb7975;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 121, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.084 23.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1a09c',
    500: '#bb7975',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb7975;
$custom-light: #d1a09c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb7975",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.429,
    "s": 33.981,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64398,
    "c": 0.08353,
    "h": 23.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB7975

secondary

#B8D2D3

accent

#C4CA5E

background

#FDF9F9

surface

#FAF2F2

border

#D3CCCC

text

#140F0E

muted

#837E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB7975

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

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