#BB7F72#BB7F72

#BB7F72 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.078 H 32.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB7F72
RGB	rgb(187, 127, 114)
HSL	hsl(11, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(11, 39%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.1%, 39%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.94, 21.61, 16.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.94, 27.20, 37.37°)
OKLab	oklab(65.42% 0.0654 0.042)
OKLCH	oklch(65.42% 0.078 32.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.1214, 26.9606, 19.4811)
Luminance	0.2696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB7F72 #72AEBB

analogous

#BB728A #BB7F72 #BBA472

triadic

#BB7F72 #72BB7F #7F72BB

tetradic

#BB7F72 #8ABB72 #72AEBB #A472BB

square

#BB7F72 #8ABB72 #72AEBB #A472BB

split-complementary

#BB7F72 #72BBA4 #728ABB

monochromatic

#78453A #A25D4E #BB7F72 #CFA49B #E3CAC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#BB7F72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.39

#BB7F72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB7F72

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB7F72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB7F72	1.00	3.29	6.39	6.39
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D8771

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9371

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8777C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb7f72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 127, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.078 32.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1a49a',
    500: '#bb7f72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb7f72;
$custom-light: #d1a49a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb7f72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 127,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.685,
    "s": 34.928,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65419,
    "c": 0.07772,
    "h": 32.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB7F72

secondary

#B6CED3

accent

#B7CB5D

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#140F0E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB7F72

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

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