#BB8575#BB8575

#BB8575 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.071 H 37.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8575
RGB	rgb(187, 133, 117)
HSL	hsl(14, 34%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(14, 37%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.9%, 37.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.45, 18.64, 16.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.45, 25.15, 42.16°)
OKLab	oklab(66.61% 0.0567 0.043)
OKLCH	oklch(66.61% 0.071 37.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.0931, 28.6263, 20.6612)
Luminance	0.2862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8575 #75ABBB

analogous

#BB7588 #BB8575 #BBA875

triadic

#BB8575 #75BB85 #8575BB

tetradic

#BB8575 #88BB75 #75ABBB #A875BB

square

#BB8575 #88BB75 #75ABBB #A875BB

split-complementary

#BB8575 #75BBA8 #7588BB

monochromatic

#7A4A3C #A36350 #BB8575 #CFA99E #E3CDC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#BB8575 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#BB8575 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8575

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8575	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8575	1.00	3.12	6.72	6.72
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#928B74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9675

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C77D81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8575;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 133, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.071 37.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1a89c',
    500: '#bb8575',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8575;
$custom-light: #d1a89c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8575",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.714,
    "s": 33.981,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66609,
    "c": 0.0711,
    "h": 37.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8575

secondary

#B8CDD3

accent

#B1CA5E

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#140F0E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8575

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

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