#BB6D79#BB6D79

#BB6D79 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.100 H 10.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB6D79
RGB	rgb(187, 109, 121)
HSL	hsl(351, 36%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(351, 42%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.7%, 35.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.95, 32.37, 6.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.95, 33.09, 11.98°)
OKLab	oklab(62.42% 0.0982 0.0181)
OKLCH	oklch(62.42% 0.1 10.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.4146, 22.8850, 20.9535)
Luminance	0.2288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB6D79 #6DBBAF

analogous

#BB6DA0 #BB6D79 #BB886D

triadic

#BB6D79 #79BB6D #6D79BB

tetradic

#BB6D79 #A0BB6D #6DBBAF #886DBB

square

#BB6D79 #A0BB6D #6DBBAF #886DBB

split-complementary

#BB6D79 #6DBB88 #6DA0BB

monochromatic

#763741 #A04B58 #BB6D79 #CE979F #E2C1C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#BB6D79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#BB6D79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB6D79

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB6D79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB6D79	1.00	3.77	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B7A79

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8977

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C86671

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb6d79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 109, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.100 10.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2989f',
    500: '#bb6d79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb6d79;
$custom-light: #d2989f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb6d79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.769,
    "s": 36.449,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62415,
    "c": 0.09982,
    "h": 10.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB6D79

secondary

#B2D1CD

accent

#CCBB5B

background

#FDF9F9

surface

#FAF2F2

border

#D3CCCC

text

#140E0E

muted

#837E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB6D79

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

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