#BB6E79#BB6E79

#BB6E79 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.098 H 11.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB6E79
RGB	rgb(187, 110, 121)
HSL	hsl(351, 36%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(351, 41%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.2%, 35.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.17, 31.83, 7.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.17, 32.63, 12.71°)
OKLab	oklab(62.58% 0.0965 0.0189)
OKLCH	oklch(62.58% 0.098 11.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.5219, 23.0995, 20.9893)
Luminance	0.2310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB6E79 #6EBBB0

analogous

#BB6E9F #BB6E79 #BB896E

triadic

#BB6E79 #79BB6E #6E79BB

tetradic

#BB6E79 #9FBB6E #6EBBB0 #896EBB

square

#BB6E79 #9FBB6E #6EBBB0 #896EBB

split-complementary

#BB6E79 #6EBB89 #6E9FBB

monochromatic

#773841 #A14B57 #BB6E79 #CF98A0 #E2C1C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#BB6E79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.62

#BB6E79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB6E79

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB6E79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB6E79	1.00	3.74	5.62	5.62
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C7B79

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8A77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C86772

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb6e79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 110, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.098 11.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2999f',
    500: '#bb6e79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb6e79;
$custom-light: #d2999f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb6e79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.429,
    "s": 36.15,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62584,
    "c": 0.09835,
    "h": 11.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB6E79

secondary

#B3D2CD

accent

#CCBC5C

background

#FDF9F9

surface

#FAF2F2

border

#D3CCCC

text

#140E0E

muted

#837E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB6E79

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

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