#BB8273#BB8273

#BB8273 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.075 H 35.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8273
RGB	rgb(187, 130, 115)
HSL	hsl(13, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(13, 39%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.5%, 38.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.68, 20.07, 16.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.68, 26.27, 40.20°)
OKLab	oklab(66% 0.0608 0.0431)
OKLCH	oklch(66% 0.075 35.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.5719, 27.7700, 19.9136)
Luminance	0.2777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8273 #73ACBB

analogous

#BB7388 #BB8273 #BBA673

triadic

#BB8273 #73BB82 #8273BB

tetradic

#BB8273 #88BB73 #73ACBB #A673BB

square

#BB8273 #88BB73 #73ACBB #A673BB

split-complementary

#BB8273 #73BBA6 #7388BB

monochromatic

#79483B #A2604F #BB8273 #CFA79C #E3CCC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#BB8273 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#BB8273 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8273

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8273	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8273	1.00	3.20	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F8972

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9472

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C87A7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8273;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 130, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.075 35.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1a69b',
    500: '#bb8273',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8273;
$custom-light: #d1a69b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8273",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.5,
    "s": 34.615,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65999,
    "c": 0.07455,
    "h": 35.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8273

secondary

#B7CDD3

accent

#B4CB5D

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#140F0E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8273

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

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