#BB8073#BB8073

#BB8073 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.076 H 32.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8073
RGB	rgb(187, 128, 115)
HSL	hsl(11, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(11, 39%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.6%, 38.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.20, 21.18, 16.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.20, 26.72, 37.57°)
OKLab	oklab(65.63% 0.0642 0.0415)
OKLCH	oklch(65.63% 0.076 32.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.3084, 27.2431, 19.8258)
Luminance	0.2724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8073 #73AEBB

analogous

#BB738A #BB8073 #BBA473

triadic

#BB8073 #73BB80 #8073BB

tetradic

#BB8073 #8ABB73 #73AEBB #A473BB

square

#BB8073 #8ABB73 #73AEBB #A473BB

split-complementary

#BB8073 #73BBA4 #738ABB

monochromatic

#79463B #A25E4F #BB8073 #CFA59C #E3CBC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#BB8073 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#BB8073 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8073

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8073	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8073	1.00	3.26	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D8772

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9372

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8787D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8073;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 128, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.076 32.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1a59b',
    500: '#bb8073',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8073;
$custom-light: #d1a59b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8073",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.833,
    "s": 34.615,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65627,
    "c": 0.07641,
    "h": 32.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8073

secondary

#B7CED3

accent

#B7CB5D

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#140F0E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8073

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

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