#BB6B79#BB6B79

#BB6B79 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.103 H 9.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB6B79
RGB	rgb(187, 107, 121)
HSL	hsl(350, 37%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(350, 43%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.8%, 35.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.52, 33.45, 6.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.52, 34.03, 10.56°)
OKLab	oklab(62.08% 0.1015 0.0166)
OKLCH	oklch(62.08% 0.103 9.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.2037, 22.4631, 20.8832)
Luminance	0.2246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB6B79 #6BBBAD

analogous

#BB6BA1 #BB6B79 #BB856B

triadic

#BB6B79 #79BB6B #6B79BB

tetradic

#BB6B79 #A1BB6B #6BBBAD #856BBB

square

#BB6B79 #A1BB6B #6BBBAD #856BBB

split-complementary

#BB6B79 #6BBB85 #6BA1BB

monochromatic

#763641 #A04958 #BB6B79 #CE959F #E2BFC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#BB6B79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.49

#BB6B79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB6B79

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB6B79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB6B79	1.00	3.82	5.49	5.49
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#797979

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8877

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C86470

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb6b79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 107, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.103 9.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2979f',
    500: '#bb6b79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb6b79;
$custom-light: #d2979f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb6b79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.5,
    "s": 37.037,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62081,
    "c": 0.10279,
    "h": 9.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB6B79

secondary

#B1D1CB

accent

#CDB95B

background

#FDF9F9

surface

#FAF2F2

border

#D3CCCC

text

#140D0E

muted

#837E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB6B79

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

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