#BB8472#BB8472

#BB8472 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.073 H 38.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8472
RGB	rgb(187, 132, 114)
HSL	hsl(15, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(15, 39%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.4%, 39%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.14, 18.84, 18.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.14, 26.17, 43.95°)
OKLab	oklab(66.35% 0.0571 0.046)
OKLCH	oklch(66.35% 0.073 38.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.7832, 28.2843, 19.7017)
Luminance	0.2828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8472 #72A9BB

analogous

#BB7285 #BB8472 #BBA972

triadic

#BB8472 #72BB84 #8472BB

tetradic

#BB8472 #85BB72 #72A9BB #A972BB

square

#BB8472 #85BB72 #72A9BB #A972BB

split-complementary

#BB8472 #72BBA9 #7285BB

monochromatic

#78493A #A2634E #BB8472 #CFA89B #E3CCC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#BB8472 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.66

#BB8472 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8472

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8472	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8472	1.00	3.15	6.66	6.66
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#918A71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9572

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C87C7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8472;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 132, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.073 38.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1a89a',
    500: '#bb8472',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8472;
$custom-light: #d1a89a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8472",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.795,
    "s": 34.928,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66352,
    "c": 0.07331,
    "h": 38.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8472

secondary

#B6CCD3

accent

#B0CB5D

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#140F0E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8472

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

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